More rice cakes for you^^

Continuation....

2. 추석 (Chu-seok) [Reads as Chuseok)

Chuseok on the other hand is the Harvest Moon Festival or widely known as Korean Thanksgiving Day.The other name for Chuseok is Hangawi (한가위) depicting "the ides of August or autumn". This festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar calendar [August 15], being said the day of which the full harvest moon will make the grand entrance. 

What do they do on Chuseok?
Remember "Charye" from the previous post? 
Good! 

However, there is a slight difference between the Seollal's Charye and Chuseok's Charye stating that the major representative of food during Seollal is tteokguk (rice cake soup) whereas the major representative of food during Chuseok are freshly harvested rice, alcohol and songpyeon [the colorful scrumptious-looking rice cakes. 

Hanbok***

The traditional way of celebrating these two huge festivals requires the people to wear Hanbok (traditional clothing). Nonetheless, the younger generation of Koreans do not wear Hanbok on these two occasions anymore. I (Izzy) remember having my Korean friends telling me not owning a single pair because of the price tag [expensive]. I think all of my friends are not dressed in Hanbok during Seollal and Chuseok. 

Contrasting to the scenario in Malaysia, a lot of us (Malays who are celebrating Eid Fitri) put on some serious thoughts in choosing our Baju Kurung (female traditional clothing) and Baju Melayu (male traditional clothing). A lot of us get more than a pair of Baju Kurung (girls......), having color-synchronized attire with the rest of the family members and.....there will always be this one group of people who even reach to the extent of spending thousands of Ringgit just for this occasion. Nowadays, there are also people who make Baju Kurung or Baju Melayu for their cats. Oh yes! We receive generous amount of money and love from our parents too! <3