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Daeboreum (대보름) is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the new year according to the lunar calendar. This holiday is accompanied by many traditions. Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ...
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Traditions One familiar custom is to crack nuts with one's teeth. It is believed that this practice will help keep one's teeth healthy for the year.
In the countryside, people climb mountains, braving cold weather, trying to catch the first rise of the moon. It is said that the first person to see the moon rise will have good luck all year.
Historically, people played the traditional game named geuybulnori the night before daeboreum. They burned the dry grass on ridges between rice fields while children whirled around cans which full of holes, through which charcoal fire blazed. These cans fertilized the fields and got rid of harmful worms that destroyed the new crops.
Food For breakfast on Daeboreum, a five-grain rice consisting of rice, millet, Indian millet, beans, and red beans is served. This is eaten with various dried herbs. One of the special foods of Daeboreum is Yakshik (약식 / 藥食). This treat is made of glutinous rice, chestnuts, pinenuts, honey, sauce, and sesame oil.
On this day, Koreans traditionally do not give any food to dogs since it is believed that dogs that eat on this day will contract gad flies and vomit a great deal during the coming summer.
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