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NCdan
Joined: 17 Apr 2009
Location: Bucheon
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 Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:35 am Post subject: Halloween? |
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This may be a bit early, but I'm curious... Do Koreans celebrate Halloween? Some of my coworkers know about it, but do people actually do any Halloween acitivites here: costumes, candy, etc...?
My second question is: where can I find a real costume? I dug up a thread about Halloween costumes, but I only found some store that doesn't sell actual costumes and a website that was completely in Korean (and the costumes I found on that site stunk). Would it be crazy to pay international shipping for a real costume? Or would one of you fine people like to show me an online site where I can buy a Halloween costume? Either that or tell me where they sell Halloween costumes in Bucheon? Thanks. |
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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
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gojulie
Joined: 08 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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there are some good korean websites that you can search for on Naver which have costumes for rent and for sale. Look for party stores and halloween specialty sites. Get a Korean friend to help you there - normally takes about 4-5 days for shipping.
Watch out for Korean sizing, sometimes the costumes don't fit right. |
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krd
Joined: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| It's not popular, but last year a few Koreans joined in. More than anything, I think they like watching foreigners look weirder than usual... Many of the clubs and bars put on Halloween events etc. It's usually a good night. |
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Lost
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| B1 and Wolfhound in Itaewon have awesome parties! |
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kg2095
Joined: 23 May 2009
Location: Hwaseong City
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| Vimfuego wrote: |
| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
Some Australians have started to in the last couple of years. |
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vaticanhotline
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: in the most decent sometimes sun
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Vimfuego wrote: |
| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
Not strictly correct dude. Although Halloween in its current form (carving pumpkins, crass commercialism, etc.) is most closely associated with America, like most things that are supposedly "American" it was imported from a foreign country (the Yanks on this board are going to flame me for that, but how bad.)
I'm not exactly sure (I'm not a pagan or a hippie), but the original festival of Samhain (pronounced Sow-win, a word of Gaelic origin) was one of those end of harvest festivals at a time before Christianity, and before the English even had a sense of themselves as a nation (which is also true for most of Western Europe btw). When Christianity came along and co-opted it in order to bring the people that the missionaries were converting into line (as it did with so much else, e.g. Christmas), October 31st became All Hallows Eve, November 1st All Saints Day, and the 2nd All Souls Day. The word Hallowe'en is, obviously, a shortening of All Hallows Eve.
There's not much point in providing such a long rebuff I suppose, but I'm bored and besides, people claiming that such and such a thing originated in America when it should be patently obvious to even the most witless of goons that it didn't annoys me (that isn't a dig at you Vimfuego, more at ignorance in general). |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Vimfuego wrote: |
| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
We used to have celebrate Hallowe'en when we were kids in Wales. We would play games like bobbing apples. Nowadays kids do the trick or treat thing, which is a North American revival of older customs, and people wear costumes etc. and buy ready-made decorations as a part of the ongoing N.Am commercialisation that the rest of the world is embracing.
Other countries do not celebrate Hallowe'en in the same way as North Americans, but that doesn't mean that it is not celebrated elsewhere, as others have pointed out.
It is on a Saturday this year and we're going to have a wicked bonfire party at my place. It's going to be SCARY! |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Vimfuego wrote: |
| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
We always celebrated it in England when I was a kid. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| We're gonna have a punk rock Halloween party at Club Spot in Hongdae this year--discount at the door if you wear a costume. It will be awesome, stay tuned for info! |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
| Vimfuego wrote: |
| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
We always celebrated it in England when I was a kid. |
This is true. Maybe that's why I think it's a bit strange when I see adults celebrating it. I've always associated it with childhood. |
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NCdan
Joined: 17 Apr 2009
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| I checked with a teacher at my school who has been here a number of years, and he said that you can't buy a real costume over here. I'm tempted to splurge and buy a nice costume online and pay for international shipping, if only to see the looks on the staff's and kids' faces for the day (not to mention the people I'll see walking to and from work), but I need to know: will customs screw me? I've heard that clothing can get slapped with tariffs and customs fees, and with that being 18% (that's what I got quoted on the last thing I got that was shipped international via UPS) I would only have a costume shipped to Korea if I knew I wasn't going to get nailed with extra fees. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| I see people wearing customes every year at Hongdae. Usually foreigners though. |
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misschel
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Gmarket has a few costumes..and they have an English site (but it's actually only part in English....). |
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Carla
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| vaticanhotline wrote: |
| Vimfuego wrote: |
| No one outside of the US celebrates Halloween. |
Not strictly correct dude. Although Halloween in its current form (carving pumpkins, crass commercialism, etc.) is most closely associated with America, like most things that are supposedly "American" it was imported from a foreign country (the Yanks on this board are going to flame me for that, but how bad.) |
LOL, come on, what isn't imported into America? Hell, even Americans are all imported, lol~! |
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