| [ EnglishOnly ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): Nutrino (DK) 날 짜 (Date): 1995년09월09일(토) 13시48분34초 KDT 제 목(Title): To those who don'T know Choosuk The bottom line is, I don't know much either! Well, it is one of the most celebrated holiday in Korea and it is among the few real traditional holidays that dates back to ....(I don't know but very very long). The idea is basically a big family gathering, as a traditional Korean family consisted of several branches and together would form a huge FAMILY. They then go through a kind of ceremonial burial(?) called "jae-sa" which is a way of showing gratitute and respect to their ancestors in heaven :) From my memory of childhood, the only thing I actually remember is going to local stationery store to buy lots and lots of fire works and fire crackers. Kids in village gather in the evening or even during the day and play with those fireworks. Adults tend to give some big bucks to their kids on that day to spend. The only other day when you can grab handful of cash would be the New year. Sorry I don't know much more than this but I suppose this is basically it. By the way, Gene, if you are reading... I thought you were a Korean. Was I wrong? (well who cares?! but...) In one of your old postings I saw you using a Korean word... was it "hak-won"?? When you were hard preaching Mr. Antinuke. hey, if you ARE a Korean, you should really get to know Choosuk!!! DK Well, here goes the latest version of my SIGNATURE translated into Anglais: *+*+*+*+*+* *+*+*+*+*+*+* She is now in the hands of another man I will now have my freedom |