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New Year » Countrywise » Korean Lunar New Year
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Korean Lunar New Year
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Korean New Year usually falls on the day of the second new moon after winter solstice. Lunar new year is not only celebrated in Korea, but China do also. It is the most significant of the traditional Korean holidays. It is celebrated with family and friends, food, drums, and songs.
Many Korean societies celebrate both the Gregorian New Year-™s Day on January 1st as well as the Lunar New Year. At the new year time they generally wear new clothes which called "Solbim" while their traditional dress called the "Hanbok" and wish each other.
New Years Eve in Korea
New Year Eve is called Sut dal kum mum in Korean. On this day, people clean their houses and light it with vivid color halogens. At the evening of day, Koreans take a bath with hot water and burn bamboo sticks to casts off the evil spell. As per the Korean faith, no body should sleep on that night otherwise the eyebrows color would turn white. Lights of every room and kitchen are on whole night. This is a particular way to greeting the New Year with brightness and open eyes.
After performing all custom and rituals seriously, they celebrate the new year with fun and enjoyment. Some popular games like kite flying, yut game, top-spinning, jae gi cha gi skiing are played on Soe Nal. Yut-nol-ee is traditional game that can be played everywhere with great passion. At night Spectacular fireworks is most important part of the Korean new year eve.
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