Bachelor’s Shoes and the Wedding Dress Diana Naranjo from Colombia In Colombia, when a bride gets married, she wears a long white dress at her wedding. At the party, all of the bachelors put one of their shoes under the bride’s dress. Then, the groom chooses just one shoe. The man whose shoe he chooses … Read more
Valentine’s Day is on February 14 in Korea. On that day, many girls and young women give candies to their boyfriends. There is another special day like Valentine’s Day in Korea. We call that day ‘White Day.” White Day is on March 14. It is just the contrary of Valentine’s Day. Many boys and young … Read more
Like many other Asian countries, Korea has two different New Year’s days according to solar and lunar calendars. The more widely preferred one is the lunar New Year’s day, called So-nal. Sol-nal is a day for the whole family’s reunion and for refreshing everyone’s common life at the very beginning of a year. The day has many … Read more
In Korea, there are lots of holidays, but among my favorites is Children’s Day. I can’t enjoy it anymore because I am all grown up, but every year on that day, it makes me remember when I was a child. I remember that Children’s Day was always happy. Basically on that day, all parents cooked … Read more
We celebrate January 15th by the lunar Korean calendar. This celebration is called Daeboreum. As you know, the moon becomes full in fifteen-day cycles. That’s the reason why we celebrate on January 15. It’s the first time of the year that the moon becomes full. The main purpose of this day is to wish for … Read more
Ch’u Sok, the Korean thanksgiving day, is the most famous traditional event in Korea. The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is called Ch’u Sok (the harvest moon) or Hangawi. It is a time to give thanks for autumn harvests and be together with your family. We wake up early on this day. We … Read more