Inside the patio (inner court) next to the exhibition hall of the culture of Korean Peninsula, on the second floor of Minpaku, there is a small house or jumak, a kind of tavern or inn in old Korean society. In the past, local people used to stop there whenever they wanted to share a bowl of magguli and enjoy talking with friends. Sometimes peddlers, travellers or passengers with tired feet dropped in to seek a meal and stay overnight. Drinking together, laughing and making noise, people there shared friendship, information on life and work, and news of the outside world far away. Jumak provided a sense of openness just as the patio does, and connected people to the wider world. Jumak was really a place not just for drinking and sleeping but for human interaction and information exchange.
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