Red Diary Day6.

Day6.

THEME : Halloween
TITLE : Korean Halloween

For certain, weKorea also havehas a ghost festival like Halloween. We hold a ghost festival inon 16^th of January according to the lunar calendar every year. The day comes from customs of Jeollanam-do. On that day, a lot of goblins, ghosts and wicked fellows hold a party on the street. As an outcome, all people never used to go outside aton that day. As, if someone works or goes outside, the ghosts follow that someone likewise possessed by an evil spirit. Thus, we used to stick a charm and burn hairs and bamboos forto drivinge away. If we burn bamboos, it makes a big noisy sound. So we can turn outget rid of ghosts. And people believe ghosts weaken females energy. One of the ways which turn outget rid of ghosts uses female underwear.  

Like this, we have a ghost festival. However, most of festivals disappeared because of Japanese colonial era. In the past, Japanese people annihilated our cultures and customs. That is very deplorable things. Moreover, even though some Korean people don’t know about Halloween completely, but they think and enjoy Halloween such as our culture. To absorb other country’s culture is a good thing, but immoderation is too dangerous. It is also one of deplorable things.

 Though our customs and cultures disappear and we didn’t know our customs or culture, I think we ought to remind or redevelop or find our cultures and customs. Therefore, on government side we must be able to participate in our cultures and customs.