Hanbok Day

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September 27th 2007

Published: September 27th 2007

Chusok is the biggest holiday

Korea’s biggest holiday, Chusok, has just passed a few days ago. It’s like our American Thanksgiving in that it’s a harvest festival. Everyone takes three days and goes home to visit their family and remember the traditions of their culture.

I think the similarity ends there. On Chusok, everyone goes to honor their ancestors, wears Hanbok (traditional clothes), eats traditional foods and plays traditional games. Employers give large gift sets of such things as bottles of liquor, packs of canned Spam (yes, Spam), or packs of seaweed for Sushi. My school gave gift packs that included shampoo, cream rinse, 6 bars of soap, and 10 tubes of tooth paste.

In celebration of the holiday, my school had Hanbok Day where we got to do all the traditional stuff. It was a lot of fun! I thought you’d enjoy the pictures.

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Nottanya

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Pretty girls in Hanbok

Making songpyeon

Traditional rice cakes. This girl got creative to make hers really nice.

My class in traditional Korean dress

They all look like royalty.

My dress...

is actually my mother's dress that has hung in her closest for over 30 years since we left Korea. I'm glad she hung on to it. (Thanks, Mom.) They sent it to me for this occasion. These dresses can run anywhere from $250 to over $1000.

Princess

The girls really enjoyed dressing up. This girl looked esecially liked being dressed up.

27th September 2007

Kathi
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Happy Birthday and all that jazz
Hey Natanya Ann-- Loved seeing you in Mom's old dress--what fun! Thanks for the memories and latest update. Kathi et Byron

9th August 2008

ChangOk Choi
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Thank you for the memories.
I enjoyed the videos and photos. I am a middle-aged Korean woman living in Peoria, Illinois. Your videos and photos remind me the olden days and brought in tons of nostalgic memories. I miss home! Thank you!

28th August 2008

Nottanya
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I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Chusok is coming up again soon... there may be more pics again.

26th July 2010