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  2. Korean New Year - Wikipedia

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    Seollal (Korean: 설날; RR: Seollal; MR: Sŏllal) is a Korean traditional festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the lunisolar calendar. [1] It is one of the most important traditional holidays for ethnic Koreans , being celebrated in both North Korea and South Korea as well as Korean diaspora all around the world.

  3. List of Korean traditional festivals - Wikipedia

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    Yunnori, traditional Korean game on Seollal. Seollal (New Years Day) Seollal is one of the most significant holidays in Korea, along with Chuseok. Seollal is New Year’s Day on the lunar calendar. The name originates from the word seol, which means unfamiliar, implying newness of a new coming year. It is unknown when Koreans began celebrating ...

  4. Public holidays in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    National celebration day Flag raising Day off New Year's Day: 신정 Sinjeong: January 1: The official name of the holiday means New Calendar New Year's Day no no yes Korean New Year: 설날 Seollal: 1st day of 1st lunar month Also called Seol (설) or Gujeong (Korean: 구정; Hanja: 舊正). The first day of the Lunar calendar. It is one of ...

  5. Korean calendar - Wikipedia

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    For her death year, it uses hangul numerals to indicate the number of years after the founding of the Korean Provisional Government (" ㅂ해" = 6 = 1924 CE). From 1945 until 1961 in South Korea , Gregorian calendar years were counted from the foundation of Gojoseon in 2333 BC (regarded as year one), the date of the legendary founding of Korea ...

  6. Lunar New Year - Wikipedia

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    However, celebration customs and holiday durations may differ. Lunisolar New Year celebrations of other cultures such as Burmese, Cambodian, Lao, Sri Lankan, and Thai people are based on the Buddhist calendar and occur in mid-April. [6] [4] Rosh Hashanah, the new year in the (lunisolar) Hebrew calendar, is based on the September equinox.

  7. New Year's Day - Wikipedia

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    The first day of this lunisolar calendar, called Seollal (설날), is an important national holiday (along with Chuseok), [31] with a minimum of three days off work and school. Koreans celebrate New Year's Day by preparing food for their ancestors' spirits, visiting ancestors' graves, and playing Korean games such as yunnori with families and ...

  8. The first Pride marches started the following year, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the multiday riots, and these one-day celebrations eventually evolved into a full month of LGBTQ pride ...

  9. Portal:Current events/2012 June 6 - Wikipedia

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    Business and economy A group of Irish people are thrown out of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt after attempting to hand a letter of protest to the bank's president Mario Draghi. (Cork Independent) Disasters Manchester Airport runs out of aviation fuel. (BBC) Ireland is hit by another earthquake, this time off the coast of County Mayo. (RTE) Law and crime The defence of imprisoned U.S ...