MANNAM culture - Dano;Korean traditional holiday

Dano is a Korean traditional holiday that falls on today, May 5^th, by the lunar calendar.

Though Dano is no longer designated as national holiday, it used to be considered one of the four great festival days.

Shall we learn a little bit about it?

1. Where did Dano originally come from?

A long time ago, our ancestors had a festival in order to wish for a good harvest of the year after the planting season.

Besides, Dano is also called Surit nal(Surit Day). ‘Su’ and ‘rit’ literally mean ‘God’ and ‘high’ respectively. So, it can be considered the day the highest God comes.

2. How do we celebrate?

On Dano, Korean people enjoy playing on the swings and the seesaw. They wash their hair with water infused with sweet flags. By doing so, the ancestors believed some bad spirits around them would go away. In addition, men have ssireum(Korean wrestling) competition though its popularity has started to fade nowadays. Unfortunately, all these events and games are fading away and became traditional things.

3. What foods do we eat?

There are a kind of rice cake with some plants named surichui, fruit salad with cherries, and sweet flag wine that you can enjoy on this day. It is a special feature that all the foods are set up in preparation for hot summer days.

Not only Korean but Chinese and Japanese celebrate this day for their own holiday.

How interesting! Looks like we all belonged to the same nation long time ago. lol

You know, in MANNAM, there are many people from all over the world.

A lot of cultures we have.

Therefore, we share our culture and understand one another.

We all can be nice friends no matter where you came from, no matter what you have!!

What kinds of holiday do you have in your culture?

I’d like to share with you about it!

MANNAM Peace: A thought of peace with a happiness quote.

Happiness is the perfume you can't

pour on other without getting a few

drops on yourself.

This quote has really touched me.

Happiness is like perfume. If you pour it a little bit in your room, the room will be filled with its fragrance. 

On the other hand, if you don't have the fragrance, it can never be wafted.

Think about the world peace relating to this.

I think it is the same as this.

Wishing for world peace is like perfume.

If you’ve got the will of it, it will be wafted to the world.

It will never be true when you don't wish for it.

"You can spread the positive thinking of peace to the world.

That will make the peaceful world."

MANNAM Volunteer Association

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MANNAM international Korean class: Diary(6/08/2013)

6/08/2013

There was Korean class in Jeonju MANNAM.

This week, we’ve learn about “past form”.

The students from different countries were studying very hard.

They looked so serious asking me a lot of questions

and concentrated on my words to understand what I was saying.

It seemed to be really hard for them to pronounce Korean vowels.

But they kept trying to say perfectly.

I admire their courage.

Here is Super-beginners’ class.

These students have been studying from the basic of Korean.

After learning the basic, they will be able to read and say some sentences.

It will make them easier to stay here in Korea.

I wish they feel happy with knowing Korean language.

And that is my purpose of teaching in MANNAM.

Would you like to join?

E-mail me:) jaekyeongpark@gmail.com

MANNAM Peace - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges ceasefire in Syria's Qusayr

UN Secretary General Bank-Ki-moon urged the two of the Syrian government and the militants to stop the war for the relief work of the wounded and civilians isolated in the fighting in Qusayr.

Mr.Ban said, "The Syrian government has a responsibility to protect the civilians in the area within a jurisdiction." and he demanded that the both sides, Syrian government forces and the militants let the trapped civilians and the wounded escape the town for the evacuation.

According to a statement, Mr.Ban stressed the both sides to do their utmost to avoid civilians casualties, and warned they would be held accountable for any acts of atrocity carried out against the civilian population of Qusayr.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos and UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay said, “We understand there may also be as many as 1,500 wounded people in urgent need of immediate evacuation for emergency medical treatment, and that the general situation in al-Qusayr is desperate.”

They also said there were reports that civilian neighborhoods continued to be indiscriminately attacked and that other major violations of human rights and international humanitarian law were being committed.

Qusayr, as a strategic point, located on the route between the capital city, Damascus and the coast, which used to be taken by the militants, was recaptured by the Syrian government forces last month backed by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

Rami Abdulrahman, of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights(SOHR), an information office reporting the Syrian civil war said, "The battle is continuing in the northern area of Qusayr. The Syrian government forces are increasing their military strength and the militants are mobilizing all what they have to fight against them as well.

MANNAM culture - Have you ever tried Patbingsu?

Have you ever tried Patbingsu(shaved ice with sweet red beans)?

There are a lot of delicious food in Korea. Above all, when it comes to summer, Patbingsu is the best dessert that you should try! Patbingsu is made with ice flakes, red beans, ddeok(rice cakes), occasionally milk, etc. You should try Patbingsu if you are going to spend this summer in Korea. It can be easily found in most of the cafes.

Now, I’d like to introduce some delicious Bingsus I've enjoyed.

This is Bingsu(shaved ice) with coffee from Caffebene. The taste is like coffee ice cream, but the plenty of nuts and chocolate chip make this Bingsu more delicious.

I really like its combination! :)

The next one is special Bingsu from cafe Noriter near Jeonbuk Univ. Look at the size of the bowl! This is for three or four people!

Not to mention its sweet taste with syrup, its decoration is fantastic, isn't it? You can enjoy the decoration of it as well as the taste.

  

The last one is Bingsu from a famous cafe in Hanok village in Jeonju named Oehalmeoni somssi(which means grandmother’s skill). It is made in the old ways just like the name of the cafe. This Binsu is very popular for savory taste by adding powder made of mixed grains. It’s just delicious! I think people miss the old style food these days as there are too many fusion food around them.

Do you remember the day when MANNAM made Patbingsu together with foreign friends? We can’t miss this summer, can we? I'm looking forward to make the Yummy Patbingsu with you guys!!

Amazing MANNAM - Come to MANNAM!!(Video)

There is MANNAM Song !!

I like it.:))

There is a Korean class in MANNAM.

There is a Victory cup in MANNAM.

You can volunteer in MANNAM.

You will make the world peace.

Come to MANNAM

What else we have in MANNAM?

There are a lot of nice people in MANNAM.

There are various cultures you can meet in MANNAM.

There are concern and respect in MANNAM.

There are many events we can be one.

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