Yeahโผ๏ธ SiennyLovesDrawing ๐ฉ๐ป is now a #KoreanEmbassyOnlineSupporters with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea & Korean Embassy in Malaysia (์ฃผ๋ง๋ ์ด์์ ๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ๋์ฌ๊ด) this 2025
In this blog story, she ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ปโ๐ป is gonna share about her recent attendance to a Korea culture event hosted by Korean Embassy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ named Korea ๐ฐ๐ท Culture Day
Traditional Korean Festival ~ Dano
During this event, she as a all time heritage enthusiast, has learnt about a traditional Korean Festival named Dano ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฏ
Dano is a traditional Korean festival being celebrated by the local Korean people on the 5๏ธโฃth day of the 5๏ธโฃth month in the lunar calendar
It’s 1๏ธโฃ of Korea’s ๐ฐ๐ท major seasonal festivals & is closely related to agricultural traditions. Originally, it was a day to celebrate ๐ฅณ๐๐ the end of the sowing season & to pray ๐๐ป for a good ๐๐ป๐พ harvest
There are special foods being prepared for this celebrating occasion, ie. Surichi-tteok ๐ฒ,a rice cake that symbolizes for good ๐๐ป health & protection
Not just that, during Dano, Korean people traditionally will take part in various cultural activities. Korean women will wash their hair ๐ฟ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ in water ๐ฆ boiled with sweet flag (Changpo) to wish for good ๐๐ป health & beauty, then enjoy swinging (Geune tagi). While the Korean men will play Ssireum ie. The traditional Korean wrestling
All invited supporters including herself ๐ง๐ปโ๐คโ๐ง๐ป๐ญ๐ป๐ฌ๐ป๐ซ๐ป had an amazing blast time together & enjoyed so much the traditional Korean games ๐๐
๐ฐ๐ท Ttakji-Chigi ๋ฑ์ง (Paper Slap/ Flip Game)
Yes โ , it got viral after Squid Game aka Flip Card Game
This indeed is a traditional South Korean game that involves 2๏ธโฃ players who playing folded paper tiles in square โฌ shape of different colours. The point of this game is to flip over the other player’s folded paper tile โฌ, by hitting it with your own paper tile โฌ from the above
So, to begin this game, all invited supporters were guided step by step to 1๏ธโฃst fold their respective Ttakji / Ddakji origami paper tile by using 2๏ธโฃ sheets of recycled papers prepared upfront by the organising team
Then, all enjoyed this exciting fun paper flipping game together gather ๐
More info via ๐ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddakji
๐ฐ๐ท Gonggi ๊ณต๊ธฐ (Korean Jacks)
It’s traditionally played using 5๏ธโฃ small grape-sized pebbles ๐ชจ to test hand-eye โ๐ป๐ coordination, dexterity & timing
This game generally begins with each player tossing the pebbles ๐ชจ from the palm of their hand โ๐ป into the air. While airborne, the player flips their hand โ๐ป to catch the pebbles on the back of their hand
The player with the leading amount plays 1๏ธโฃst & then subsequently the winner of the game
More info via ๐ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonggi
๐ฐ๐ท Paengi Chigi ํฝ์ด์น๊ธฐ (Top Spinning)
It’s the traditional Korean game primarily played & enjoyed by people of all ages by using a spinning top & a stick with a long string
This game can be played by 2๏ธโฃ or more players or individually. In a competition, the aim is to keep the top spinning as long as possible to be a winner ๐
More info via ๐ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paengi_Chigi
๐ฐ๐ท Jegichagi ์ ๊ธฐ์ฐจ๊ธฐ
It’s a Korean traditional outdoor game & can be played by a few players at the same time
Players kick the “jegi” into the air using inner side of the foot ๐ฆถ๐ป The winner of this game is the player who kicks “jegi” the most times without letting it fall to the ground
More info via ๐ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jegichagi
There were winners for each game listed above & each being rewarded with a box of giant Pepero sticks ๐, bravo ๐๐ป Yes โ , really big ones ๐๐ฏ
A special thank you ๐๐ป๐ to everyone as all invited supporters had great ๐๐ป fun during this recent gathering & learnt much more about Korean culture ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฏ
SiennyLovesDrawing ๐ฉ๐ป already looking forward to join the next gathering ๐๐
Do check out her YouTube shorts captured via ๐น๐ https://youtube.com/shorts/UrtlBrl6608 (Part 1๏ธโฃ) & ๐น๐ https://youtube.com/shorts/aGr0cKYrR8I (Part 2๏ธโฃ), TikTok clip captured via ๐น๐ https://www.tiktok.com/@siennylovesdraw/video/7512302585752177928 , XHS video via ๐น๐ http://xhslink.com/a/kDQU2jWM2eeeb & Lemon8 video via ๐น๐ https://s.lemon8-app.com/al/Ggjmmfcexv (Part 1๏ธโฃ) & https://s.lemon8-app.com/al/GgMfrhshxv (Part 2๏ธโฃ)
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