Fluency Exercise #3

Korea's fall Holiday (Hangawi)

I'm from South Korea; so I would like to talk about a fall holiday in Korea. Also known as Hangawi, it is a day of thanksgiving for a good harvest. This is one of the two biggest holidays in Korea. Families traditionally receive new clothes on this day and they pay their respects to their ancestors with wine, rice cakes, and newly harvested fruits and grains. Most families come home from all across the country to celebrate that day together. The day is not complete without the half-moon shaped rice cakes called "songpyon". Activities are held such as making Tduk, which is Korea's traditional style of rice cake, or making Songpyon, which is another type of Tduk.