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Many Koreans dress up in colourful traditional Korean clothing called hanbok, usually worn for special occasions such as weddings, Korean New Year, child's first birthday, amongst others. [5] However, with modernization and evolving mores in the culture, more people tend to prefer westernized, modern clothing to the hanbok .
Cho Seung-hui [a] (Korean: 조승희; January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007), anglicized as Seung-Hui Cho, was a South Korean mass murderer who was responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia .
Korean New Year: 설날 Seollal: 1st day of 1st lunar month Also called Seol (설) or Gujeong (Korean: 구정; Hanja: 舊正). The first day of the Lunar calendar. It is one of the most important of the traditional Korean holidays, and is considered a more important holiday than the Gregorian New Year's Day. [1] no no yes (3 days) Daeboreum
As per Presidential Decree No. 28394, 2017. 10. 17., partially amended, the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [22] [23] 1 January - New Year's Day; 27 January [24] to 31 January - Korean New Year; 1 March - March 1st Movement Day; 5 May - Children's Day South Korea; 5 May - Buddha's Birthday; 6 June - Memorial Day
Yunnori, traditional Korean game on Seollal. Seollal (New Years Day) Seollal is one of the most significant holidays in Korea, along with Chuseok. Seollal is New Year’s Day on the Korean lunar calendar. The name originates from the word seol, which means unfamiliar, implying newness of a new coming year. It is unknown when Koreans began ...
The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian (135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture. Koreans now mostly use the Gregorian calendar, which was officially adopted in ...
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Bukcheong sajanoreum (Korean: 북청사자놀음) is a traditional play in Korea which was selected as the 15th Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea, next to Hansan mosijjagi. It was performed in Pukchong , Hamgyeongnam-do in Korea every the 15th day of the New Year according to the lunar calendar, and involves dancing with a lion ...