@@MyKoreanHusband my daughter has. She lived in Seoul while studying at Yonsei University on a scholarship. I honestly don't remember how, yet she was part of the traditional student school, not International school.
I work at a special needs school and I do group activities every week - last month I taught them about Chuseok! It was sweet to watch them learn about a different culture ☺️
I hope you enjoyed Chuseok and the family time. I wish I could be there during Chuseok. I am glad your family shares the duties for making the food. North American Thanksgiving is NOTHING near the same thing. This reminds me in my Abenaki traditions, we have Harvest Moon celebrations in October with gatherings, music, dancing, drumming and FOOD. The youngest child also prepares the Spirit Plate and offers the prayer to the Ancestors, inviting them to our celebrations and asking for their blessings and continued health and prosperity for those of us here. I hope it is okay that I shared this too. ❤❤❤
interesting, thank you for sharing this! And I am glad that you had a good time with Hugh's family. take your time with the videos, family life is a fulltime job :)
I’m Korean American, my parents who immigrated to U.S. never ever celebrated chueusok. I never even heard of that till I was in college and met other Koreans.
I did, they said due to religious reasons?! 🤷♀️ a lot of my Korean American friends don’t celebrate either. Whether they are religious or not. Ty for the video, it’s very informative.
@suzieyi63 I am no expert, but I do think early missionaries did some damage in that aspect and prejudice and deliberate misunderstanding led to encouraging Koreans who converted to abandoning cultural practices. There is a whole lot to unpack there. Catholics were seen as a different religion back then which I guess led to a situation where they are still comfortable performing jesa. I think it could be left up to individual families to decide what they want to do, but growing up in church myself, I understand the pressure of Christian churches.
I'm so glad you said that about not calling Chuseok the Korean Thanksgiving or relating everything to the U.S. I am American (of European decent) but Thanksgiving here is nothing to be proud of or emulate. It is basically a whitewashing of the systematic genocide of the Native American people, and the theft of their ancestral homelands. It's really a sad thing. Gradually, people here are becoming more aware of the shameful history of some of our holidays and are trying to be more mindful about acknowledging the truth about them. I still celebrate Thanksgiving with my family as a secular autumn holiday, but we focus on harvest, being thankful for what we have, and appreciating the indigenous people of what is now the U.S. We don't glorify the pilgrims or European settlers. I hope in the next generations, everybody will do that.
@lz738 yes this is very true, I can see how attitudes to thanksgiving are changing and people starting to acknowledge the reality of history. I don't know how the "Korean thanksgiving" name started, but not surprising due to the american military presence in Korea and the ties to the US. However, hopefully, people will be more mindful about that. Though I already had an American get upset at me for saying "we don't need to view everything through an American centric lens" Lol... so maybe still a long way to go.
What happens to all the food offerings afterwards? If it’s for the ancestors, does it have to remain on the offering table for a certain number of days and then discarded? Is it eaten afterwards by the family?
Yes, I forgot to mention that! It gradually gets eaten. Right after the ceremony we all eat something from the table and then everything else goes back to the kitchen.
The origin of ''Chuseok'' is originated from the ''Jeokma Gyeonggi'' held during the reign of King Yuri-- the third king of Silla in the 12th Century. Was there an American ''Thanksgiving'' in the 12th century? LOL 🤔🤔
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Have you experienced Chuseok in Korea?
@@MyKoreanHusband my daughter has. She lived in Seoul while studying at Yonsei University on a scholarship. I honestly don't remember how, yet she was part of the traditional student school, not International school.
I work at a special needs school and I do group activities every week - last month I taught them about Chuseok! It was sweet to watch them learn about a different culture ☺️
Don't know why you would runaway from Mexica?
I hope you enjoyed Chuseok and the family time. I wish I could be there during Chuseok. I am glad your family shares the duties for making the food. North American Thanksgiving is NOTHING near the same thing. This reminds me in my Abenaki traditions, we have Harvest Moon celebrations in October with gatherings, music, dancing, drumming and FOOD. The youngest child also prepares the Spirit Plate and offers the prayer to the Ancestors, inviting them to our celebrations and asking for their blessings and continued health and prosperity for those of us here. I hope it is okay that I shared this too. ❤❤❤
You look so happy.
You have such a beautiful family, Nicola. 👍
interesting, thank you for sharing this! And I am glad that you had a good time with Hugh's family. take your time with the videos, family life is a fulltime job :)
Thank you for this video! The food always looks so good!
Randomly, I was eating spam when the picture of spam appeared on the screen 😆
Kiddos look so adorable in their hanbok!
Also now I'm craving japchae XD
How beautiful the traditions of your family and how your son is willing to participate.
Good to see you back ❤ great video
Your babies are so big and beautiful 😍 .
I’m Korean American, my parents who immigrated to U.S. never ever celebrated chueusok. I never even heard of that till I was in college and met other Koreans.
Did you ever ask them why? Sometimes it's reasons like religion, or deliberately leaving behind traditions for a new life...
I did, they said due to religious reasons?! 🤷♀️ a lot of my Korean American friends don’t celebrate either. Whether they are religious or not. Ty for the video, it’s very informative.
@suzieyi63 I am no expert, but I do think early missionaries did some damage in that aspect and prejudice and deliberate misunderstanding led to encouraging Koreans who converted to abandoning cultural practices. There is a whole lot to unpack there. Catholics were seen as a different religion back then which I guess led to a situation where they are still comfortable performing jesa. I think it could be left up to individual families to decide what they want to do, but growing up in church myself, I understand the pressure of Christian churches.
I'm so glad you said that about not calling Chuseok the Korean Thanksgiving or relating everything to the U.S. I am American (of European decent) but Thanksgiving here is nothing to be proud of or emulate. It is basically a whitewashing of the systematic genocide of the Native American people, and the theft of their ancestral homelands. It's really a sad thing. Gradually, people here are becoming more aware of the shameful history of some of our holidays and are trying to be more mindful about acknowledging the truth about them. I still celebrate Thanksgiving with my family as a secular autumn holiday, but we focus on harvest, being thankful for what we have, and appreciating the indigenous people of what is now the U.S. We don't glorify the pilgrims or European settlers. I hope in the next generations, everybody will do that.
@lz738 yes this is very true, I can see how attitudes to thanksgiving are changing and people starting to acknowledge the reality of history. I don't know how the "Korean thanksgiving" name started, but not surprising due to the american military presence in Korea and the ties to the US. However, hopefully, people will be more mindful about that. Though I already had an American get upset at me for saying "we don't need to view everything through an American centric lens" Lol... so maybe still a long way to go.
@@MyKoreanHusband Wow, someone got upset over that? Ridiculous ... there seems to be no limit to American arrogance these days... thanks, Trump! 😡
What happens to all the food offerings afterwards? If it’s for the ancestors, does it have to remain on the offering table for a certain number of days and then discarded? Is it eaten afterwards by the family?
Yes, I forgot to mention that! It gradually gets eaten. Right after the ceremony we all eat something from the table and then everything else goes back to the kitchen.
The offering is just symbolic.
After ceremony, usually the family and relatives share all the foods and eat together.
The origin of ''Chuseok'' is originated from the ''Jeokma Gyeonggi'' held during the reign of King Yuri--
the third king of Silla in the 12th Century.
Was there an American ''Thanksgiving'' in the 12th century? LOL 🤔🤔
Lol I would say... definitely not.