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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: Korean traditional customs that aren't even traditional |
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- Smoking in front of one's elders. I don't know how long ciggies have been around Korea but I just love how once past high school, a male can smoke just about everywhere but around people 10-15+ years older with whom they have some sort of relationship.
- Judging people's character by their blood type. For how long have Koreans known their blood types. 30 years? 40 years?
Can you think of some others? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Korean traditional customs that aren't even traditional |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
- Judging people's character by their blood type. For how long have Koreans known their blood types. 30 years? 40 years?
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Blood typing was brought to popularity sometime in the '70s by some smeghole Japanese author named Masahiko Nomi. Originally it's from Nazi propaganda that claimed Aryans are superior to Asians because type B blood is more prevalent in Asian countries. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Eating ja-jang on black day; guys giving presents to girls on white day; vice versa for Valentine's Day~ |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Korea has more "holidays" built around relationships than any other country in the world. |
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