02/01/2022
Happy Lunar New Year to you all!
Here is a article on how Asian Americans are celebrating this very special time of the year. I was interviewed on the Korean new year traditions as below🇰🇷
한국의 설날 풍습에 대해 인터뷰 했습니다.
“Seollal” for Koreans
“Seollal” is one of the major holidays in Korea. In Los Angeles, home to the largest population of Koreans outside the Korean peninsula, many family and relatives will gather to perform rituals, eat traditional foods, and play folk games.
“Saebae” is a tradition that Koreans perform to their elders by kneeling on the ground and bowing deeply.
One of the rituals is “Saebae,” a formal bow that younger people give to their elders to wish them good health and fortune, according to Cindy Shin, the founder and CEO of KACIE Strategies, and public relations chair for the Korean Food Global Association.
Often dressed in traditional clothing, or Hanbok, Koreans wish their elders a happy new year while saying “saehae bok mani badeuseyo.” This translates into “please receive a lot of good fortune for the New Year.”
As for the Korean traditional food, “Tteokguk” is a soup made with “Garaetteok” or long and cylindrical rice cakes, which symbolizes longevity. The rice cakes are usually cut diagonally into smaller coin-shaped discs, which symbolizes wealth.
“The white color represents purity and a clean start to the new year,” Shin says.
