This past Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Korea celebrated the Lunar New Year! On Wednesday they prepared food, ddeok guk (rice cake soup) being the main food. On Thursday they presented the food to their ancestors and honored those who have passed. The children also do bows for their parents and grandparents. After the bows, the children receive money...which to be honest, all of my students were extremely excited about! Because we had a 5 day weekend, Colin's parenst came to visit! We showed them around Iksan and introduced them to our friends. Then we headed up to Seoul to do some sightseeing.
We played screen golf
We visited Gyeongbok Palace where many families were out and about, and playing traditional games and enjoying winter festivities. Also, I think the picture of the man is awesome. He reminds me of the Korean Godfather. 
Most children were dressed in the traditional outfits
We visited Deoksu Palace
We watched 'Nanta,' the longest running show in Korea. I got pulled up on stage, was asked to eat a bowl of soup while wearing an apron and a funny hat, and before I knew it, wedding music was playing and rice was being thrown and I was "married" to other guy who had been pulled up on stage!! I highly recommend this show to anyone visiting Seoul!
3 comments:
I am so jealous that you got to see Nanta!!! Zach and I tried for days to get tickets online but something wrong always happened! I am glad you had a great holiday!
It was a great holiday! It looks like you and Zach had a great time, too! The next time you're in Seoul, I would just go to the theatre to get tickets...we had trouble getting them as well!
Congratulations on your Nanta nuptials! I love the little girls in the pink outfits. There is so much to see- it's amazing!
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