Unlike regular new year, Koreans celebrate Sullal much the same way they celebrate Thanksgiving: travel around the country, gather at grandma's house, have a feast. In addition to being a very family oriented time, Chinese new year is a very historical an cultural time here in Korea. This is the time where you can see the highest concentration of traditional performances and sundry people in hanbok, the "kimono" of Korea.
Many of these performances I had seen before, but it's just cool to see them happening and everyone else joining in, dancing and clapping and running in circles. I can not capture this celebration with words, so I wil instead capture it with picture and video.
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