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The hanbok (Korean: 한복; Hanja: 韓服; lit. 'Korean dress') is the traditional clothing of the Korean people.The term hanbok is primarily used by South Koreans; North Koreans refer to the clothes as chosŏn-ot (조선옷, lit.
The magoja is a type of long jacket worn with hanbok, the traditional clothing of Korea, and is usually worn on top of the jeogori (short jacket). Po: The po is a generic term referring to an outer robe or overcoat in hanbok. Sagyusam: Sagyusam is a type of po (outer robe) worn by young boys until their coming-of-age ceremony called gwallye ...
However, the elderly still dress in hanbok as well as active estates of the remnant of aristocratic families from the Joseon Dynasty, though this may be changing with something of a modern interest in the traditional dress among some of the young. [8] Traditionally, the hanbok was a wedding dress that dates back to the 14th century.
The Hanbok of Yangban is beyond the general hanbok style and is known as po (포). Po has multiple variations but the most popular is known as dopo ( 도포 ), a long gown with an additional section that covers the lower back and features a slit that gives wavy design.
The saekdongot is a type of hanbok, Korean traditional clothing, with colorful stripes by patchworking. It began to be used for hanbok since the Goryeo period (918 – 1392). The name literally means "many colored (saekdong) clothes (ot)" in Korean. Saekdong reminds one of the rainbow, which in turn evokes thoughts of children's pure dreams.
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Until the 1950s, a significant proportion of Koreans wore white hanbok, sometimes called minbok (Korean: 민복; lit. clothing of the people), on a daily basis. Many Korean people, from infancy through old age and across the social spectrum, dressed in white. They only wore color on special occasions or if their job required a certain uniform. [1]
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