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  2. East Asian age reckoning - Wikipedia

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    How the age of a Korean person, who was born on June 15, is determined by traditional and official reckoning. Traditional East Asian age reckoning covers a group of related methods for reckoning human ages practiced in the East Asian cultural sphere, where age is the number of calendar years in which a person has been alive; it starts at 1 at birth and increases at each New Year.

  3. Korean birthday celebrations - Wikipedia

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    A less well-known birthday celebration is when a boy or girl reaches adult age (20 for the boy and 15 for the girl). When a boy turned into an adult he would tie his hair into a top knot and be given a gat (traditional cylindrical Korean hat made of horsehair). He would be required to lift a heavy rock as a test of his strength.

  4. Doljanchi - Wikipedia

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    Dol or doljanchi (Korean: 돌; 돌잔치) is a Korean tradition that celebrates a baby's first birthday.. The tradition has been practiced since the early Joseon period. The ceremony typically involves the ritual offering of a samsinsang to the god Samsin (whom is said to watch over children), the preparation of a dolsang with various foods and ritual objects, and a doljabi (based on the ...

  5. Sixtieth birthday in the Sinosphere - Wikipedia

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    In Korea, the sixtieth birthday is known as hwangap, hoegap (회갑; 回甲), jugap (주갑; 周甲), gapnyeon (갑년; 甲年), or hwallyeok (환력; 還曆). [3] The sixtieth birthday is according to one's age per the international reckoning and not by Korean age. [4] [3] In other words, one's Korean age will actually be 61 at the time of the ...

  6. Korean calendar - Wikipedia

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    The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar copied from the lunisolar Chinese calendar. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian (135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture.

  7. It's Kim Jong Un’s birthday, but nobody in North Korea is ...

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    January 8 is Kim Jong Un's 34th birthday — but nobody in North Korea is celebrating with him. According to the country's official calendar, as cited by the BBC , the day is just a normal working ...

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  9. Public holidays in North Korea - Wikipedia

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    The Day of the Sun, the birthday of its founder and first leader Kim Il Sung, on 15 April is the most important holiday in the country. [3] The second most important is the Day of the Shining Star on 16 February, the birthday of Kim Jong Il. [4] As of 2019, Kim Jong Un's birthday is still not a public holiday. [5]