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KoreanTraditions5 min

Seollal: the Korean Lunar New Year

Traditions and rites of Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year: the journey home, ancestral charye rite, the sebae bow, tteokguk soup and the yutnori game.

29 avril 2026Read

KoreanTraditions6 min

Chuseok: the Korean thanksgiving under the full moon

Understanding Chuseok, the great Korean harvest festival: its ancestral rites, songpyeon, the full moon, the return to the village and the ganggangsullae dance.

28 février 2026Read