Dano is a Korean traditional holiday that falls on today, May 5th, 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.
What kinds of holiday do you have in your culture?
I’d like to share with you about it!
