koreanfestivals1-11, Exercise 1: The threads

Model answer (any three):

- Calendar: Seollal, Buddha's Birthday and Chuseok follow the lunar calendar, so their solar dates move (Seollal 22 Jan-19 Feb); National Foundation Day was fixed at 3 October "for convenience". Question: which calendar?
- Family: ancestral rites now held for two generations or only parents; first birthday in a hired hall; pyebaek after the reception. Question: practice or older form - what does "traditional" name?
- Faith: Dano as an older Korean rite merged with the Chinese Duanwu; funerals mixing Confucian and shamanic elements. Question: practice or affiliation, and whose label?
- State: Seollal banned 1907, a "folk day" 1985, a national holiday 1989; the 1962 heritage law; Hanbok Day 1996. Question: who benefits, and who decides?
- Tourism: Seoul Lantern Festival 2009 for a tourism campaign; Boryeong Mud Festival 1998 as a marketing vehicle. Question: who benefits, and record, legend or marketing?