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'Seollal' or Lunar New Year's Day |
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'Seollal' or Lunar New Year's Day
"Seollal" is what the Koreans call Lunar New Year's Day (sometimes referred to as Chinese New Year's Day in English-speaking countries). It is one of the two biggest festive days in Korea alongside "Chuseok," or the full-moon harvest festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.
Early in the morning on "Seollal," families observe a traditional ritual called "charye." In contrast to other kinds of family rituals, they offer up "tteokguk" (rice-cake soup), instead of rice and soup, for the deceased ancestors. After "charye," junior members of the family make a deep bow ("sebae") to their grandparents, parents and other elders, who in return, usually give a gift of money. In this process, they normally wish each other well for the New Year.
On "Seollal," people like to play various kinds of traditional games, such as "yut" (a board game where four sticks are thrown instead of dice), "neolttwigi" (see-sawing), "yeonnaligi" (kite flying), and "tuho" (throwing sticks into a barrel). These days, people can play them at folk villages or amusement parks.
"Seollal" is one of the two most festive Korean days, and a good time for expats to enjoy themselves shoulder to shoulder with their Korean friends or neighbors. |
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Southern Maryland to celebrate Korean Lunar New Year
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Southern Maryland residents will have the opportunity to experience the Korean New Year and Korean culture at a public celebration hosted by The Korean American Association of Southern Maryland on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at the Waldorf Jaycee Commu ... |
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Exodus of Koreans to Hometowns |
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Smarter Koreans, smarter highways
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On Lunar New Year¡¯s holiday every year, Korean people fret over best to deal with the long hours on highways to and from relatives¡¯ houses. This year also, an exodus of people crisscrossing the country to their hometowns is to happen around Jan. 25 ... |
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For a safe, sound and pleasant holiday
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The National Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday (Jan. 21) that it will do its best to make the most important of the traditional Korean holidays (Jan. 26) accident-free. Seollal, or the Lunar New Year holidays fall on Jan. 25 to 27 this yea ... |
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