South Korea greets Lunar New Year with flare
Frank Smith
Press TV, Seoul
South Korea drummed in the Lunar New Year in customary style at Namsan Folk Village in Seoul. The packed venue in the center of the South Korean capital drew crowds of both locals and tourists. Mask-making and other crafts put young people in touch with their ancestors. This one of many special traditional towns preserved across South Korea enables people to take a hands on approach to their past.
Children also enjoyed traditional Korean games like spinning tops, pastimes some visitors remember from their youth.Demonstrated in the traditional fashion, preparing rice cake is also a big part of South Korean holidays. And today - Lunar New Year - people of all ages also take time to note and post their hopes for the future.
Not every nation around the world always marks the passage of time using the Western solar calendar. So considering South Korean custom, South Koreans can kind of restart 2015. With that in mind … “Say-hay book-mani bad-uh say yo” – May the new year bring you much good fortune.
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