6: The National Gugak Center will stage “Don Taryeong” on Feb. 5: The Korea House, central Seoul, will invite shamans for the Lunar New Year. 4: Children can perform sebae, or the New Year bow, at the Gyeongbok Palace. For more information, visit or call (02) 3704-3114.ģ: Visitors can try calligraphy at the National Folk Museum of Korea, central Seoul. There will be more programs at the National Folk Museum throughout the holiday. This activity costs 4,000 won and registration can be made at the door. so visitors can experience traditional foods Koreans ate when they were poor but still wanted to celebrate the traditional holiday. The museum has organized a program on how to make naltteokguk on Feb. Today tteokguk comes in many varieties with different broths made from seafood or meat, but in the past, when even a bar of white tteok was expensive, people, especially in the province of North Chungcheong, made what is known as naltteokguk using rice powder instead of tteok to celebrate the new year. This is a dish people eat on New Year’s Day and Koreans believe they get a year older after having a bowl of tteokguk. 6 and 7 to try making tteokguk, a soup made with sticky rice cakes called tteok. If you are a foodie, you can visit the museum on Feb. This free activity will take place on Feb. A well-done sebae may even result in cash in return. Also, they will teach visitors how to perform sebae, one of the most important traditional activities carried out during Lunar New Year, where younger members of the family bow before the oldest members of the family. In the lobby of the museum, there will be a session teaching visitors how to properly wear hanbok, including how to tie the ribbon correctly. Since hanbok comes with many layers, it’s not easy for first timers to wear it on their own. Many travelers to Korea try hanbok, or traditional Korean dress, when they visit the royal palaces, but Koreans only wear them on special occasions like Seollal, or Chuseok - Korea’s Thanksgiving. This free giveaway will be limited to the first 250 people who come on a first come, first serve basis. First of all, since 2019 is the Year of the Golden Pig, the museum will offer free bokjumeoni, or a small pouch believed to contain good luck for the year, for those born in the Year of the Pig. National Folk Museum of Korea, central Seoul Located next to Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, the National Folk Museum of Korea focuses on drawing up events both locals and foreigners can enjoy this Lunar New Year. Audiences will be able to hear different variations of Arirang, as well as watch traditional dances at the performance, which will be staged for free.įor more information, visit museum.go.kr or call (02) 2077-9000. The story of “Arghhh Arirang” revolves around five Arirang singers from five different regions who travel together to perform. This traditional performance is presented by the Korean Traditional Performing Arts troupe Kkoc doo seh, which travels across the globe staging various traditional shows. 6, the National Museum of Korea is inviting families with children to come and watch a traditional performance titled “Arghhh Arirang” at the museum’s Open-air Madang Gallery at 3 p.m. National Museum of Korea, central Seoul On Feb. The museums, however, will be closed on Feb. National museums across the country, as well as royal palaces in central Seoul are using the nation’s longest holidays as an opportunity to encourage families to be more traditional this year, offering an array of events and traditional performances that children and parents can play and watch together. This year’s five-day Seollal holiday kicks off tomorrow, with the actual Lunar New Year Day falling on Feb. Unfortunately, many families no longer keep these traditions, instead choosing to merely have a meal together or using the long holiday as a chance to vacation abroad. The government designates the holiday as one of the longest of the year - about five days every year - so that families, despite living in different regions, can get together, have a feast of traditional foods like tteokguk (rice cake soup), play traditional games, honor their ancestors and carry out traditional Seollal - Lunar New Year - customs like sebae, or the New Year ritual bowing. The new year has already begun, but for many Koreans, the Lunar New Year is when families get together to celebrate new beginnings and getting a year older. 6 to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. 1 & 2: A traditional performance titled “Arghhh Arirang” by Kkoc doo seh will be staged at the National Museum of Korea’s Open-air Madang on Feb.
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