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Happy Lunar New Year!
In Korean it’s say hay boke mani padusayo. Happy New Year! Read more below (from Wikipedia): Lunar New Year refers to the beginning of the year in several calendars. It is commonly assumed that they are all based on a lunar calendar, although some are actually based on a lunisolar calendar. These new year celebrations sometimes fall on or near the same day of the Gregorian year: * Chinese New Year * Japanese New Year (before 1873) * Korean New Year (Seollal) * Tết, Vietnamese New Year * Losar, Tibetan New Year * Tsagaan Sar, Mongolian lunisolar new year Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional … Read entire article »
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Korean Waves Welcome
The KoreanWaves.com website provides a place to learn, engage others, and see what events are happening related to Korean culture, language, food, sports, music, film, and more. This is our first practice quiz, and it may be one of the fastest Korean quizzes out there! 1. How fast can you speak Korean? What’s Korean? Slowly A little bit faster than slow Almost too quickly to be understood 2. If you were asked what is kamsahamnida, you would say…? I’ve never been to that country oh, thanks thanks – formal … Read entire article »
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