Korean New Year 2020 event
To celebrate the Korean New Year known as Seollal which this year fell on January 25, the Korean Cultural Institute organized, on Friday January 24 at the Rome office in Via Nomentana 12, a path of experiences to make known the customs and related traditions to this important holiday.
Seollal literally means new day and represents, together with Chu-Seok or Thanksgiving, the most important holiday in Korea. It lasts 3 days and families gather to celebrate traditional rites, games and eat typical dishes together.
Divided into groups of twenty people, visitors have experienced and touched the traditions of the Korean New Year up close.
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The first stage of this interesting and exciting experience was the Sebe, a traditional ritual to offer respect to the older people of the family by the younger ones.
Wearing the typical Korean clothes called Hanbok, young people bow in front of the oldest and then the least elderly, in exchange the elderly or parents use to donate money to the youngest and pronounce greeting phrases.
Participants wearing the Hanbok
Participants wearing the Hanbok
Participants wearing the Hanbok
Participants wearing the Hanbok
Participants wearing the Hanbok
Participants wearing the Hanbok
Participants wearing Hanbok learn Sebe
Participants wearing Hanbok learn Sebe
Participants wearing Hanbok learn Sebe
In the following phase, the guests deepened the customs of the Korean New Year thanks to an explanation through photographic slides and played both Tuho and Jeghiciaghi.
Tuho or arrow throwing consists of throwing arrows inside vases and was practiced by nobles while Jeghiciaghi is played dribbling with a ball called Jegi and is said to have originally served as training for those who practiced martial arts.
The participants ventured with passion and fun to the two games.
The coord. Choi explains the Seollal to the participants
Participants listen carefully the explanation on the Seollal of the cood. Choi
The coord. Hong explains the Jegichagi to the participants
Participants try Jegichagi
Participants try Jegichagi
Participants try Tuho
Participants try Tuho
Participants with the prize for the game of Tuho
The path to make the New Year's Eve known and experienced included in the last stage the tasting of Tteok-mandu-guk (Korean dish that is eaten on New Year's Eve), a soup with rice cake (Tteok) and dumplings (Mandu).
The Tteokmanduguk
Some participants enjoy the Tteokmanduguk
Participants taste the Tteokmanduguk