Happy Lunar New Year from Cafe Seoul! It's Seollal (설날), otherwise known as the first day of the Lunar New Year! I should have gotten the Cafe Seoul crew to dress up in traditional Korean outfits and take picture... but I did not, so this will have to suffice. Hahaha.
Seollal is one of the important Korean holidays, the other being Chuseok (추석) which is like a major harvest festival in Korea. This holiday season, Cafe Seoul talks a little bit about this holiday with K'Sta giving tips on how to enjoy the holiday without gaining weight - omg, you mean... it's possible?!!! WOOHOO!!!! This episode, we also introduce a new teacher at the hagwon and also Ideaaaaaaaa Man! And if you remember Kimchi Kim, he now has his own children's series and makes some new friends, who are also food, of course.
Readers all around the world, how do you celebrate the Lunar New Year, if you do that is. And if you don't, what do you during the holidays? Write in and let us know! We might even create a skit out of it.... Maybe. ^^
For me, I'm from Chinese so I do celebrate the Lunar New Year with lots of food, visiting and getting money. It's somewhat similar to the Korean tradition actually. In Korea, people usually return to their hometowns to visit family and relatives and dress up in colourful hanboks (refer to above picture) and celebrate the occasion! Sebae is also observed during Seolall - this is filial piety oriented. The younger generation wishes the older generation by performing ONE traditional bow (more than one bow is usually observed during rituals for the deceased) and saying 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (saehae bok mani badeuseyo) which loosely translates into "have a blessed New Year". The older generation then reciprocate this action by giving them money in "luck bags" intricately designed with words of wisdom.
It's pretty similar for the Chinese tradition, we dress up in new clothes, signifying a new beginning (legit reason to buy new clothes!!) and gather at a family member's house the day before Lunar New Year to have a sumptious meal. Food served or prepapred is usually lavish, to signify a rich beginning of the abundance of food. On Lunar New Year Day itself, we wear the new clothes and wish the elders well who give us money packed in red packets in return for our blessings... These red packets are usually printed with prosperous wishes in gold... so yeah, it's pretty similar!
This episode is our best yet! The editing and audio quality is getting better! Content wise, I think it's a little better... though, still a little rough. However, but effort is evident! These guys have got potential and give them some time and it'll be HUUUUUGE!
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