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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: Canada Should Adopt Chusok. |
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My apologies to anyone here named, or sleeping with, "Tony MacGregor."
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This is my second celebration of Chusok in Korea, and I�m impressed. I think it�s a holiday that North America should adopt.
Chusok is often referred to as Korea�s Thanksgiving, but it�s much more than that. Yes, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest, a time to exchange presents with relatives and a time to celebrate family. But more than that, it gives people a chance to remember and honor their ancestors, both recent and long-past. We don�t have anything like it in North America.
I envy Koreans having that opportunity. Chusok helps ground them in the past and gives them an opportunity to think of where they came from and the blessings they have today because of the sacrifices of their forefathers.
We have Remembrance Day in Canada to honor the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect our freedoms. We have Christmas, the big family get-together, and we have Thanksgiving in which we give thanks to God _ those of us who still believe in Him _ for the harvest and all the bounties of the earth. But there is no special day to remember our dead relatives.
As a result, they fade too quickly from consciousness. My father died two years ago. Because his passing was so recent, my family remembers the day of his death and visits the place where his ashes were scattered in the sea, but that will not last long. I have already forgotten the dates on which my grandparents died.
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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200610/kt2006100818433854060.htm
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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Heading somewhere
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:25 am Post subject: Two Maple Leaves Up |
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 Greetings!
Smee, I give your plan/opinion two maple leaves up.
Now who do we contact in Canada to legislate this day? Will it be be a national holiday? Will we get together with family and friends or go global and have community events? What about a traditional dish/dishes for this day?
Hmmm, more coments please.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians on board.
Best,
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:31 am Post subject: |
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If I had to choose a religion I'd choose ancestor worship (in the Vietnamese style). It's awesome! You just set up a nice little altar for your ancestors and the kitchen god, then you just take care of it and keep it well stocked with stuff that you know that your dead loved ones and the kitchen god will get a kick out of. No-one tells you what to do or anything, you don't have to go to church or temple, etc. Ancestor worship is totally smooth.
So I agree. Canadians should be forced to celebrate chuseok. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| Well, sorry to disappoint, but I didn't write the article. My name is Brian, not Tony. I'm not Canadian, either, so people might get pissed if I start ordering cultural genocide on the Canadians. I'm just the bringer of Korea Times stories. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
| Well, sorry to disappoint, but I didn't write the article. My name is Brian, not Tony. I'm not Canadian, either, so people might get pissed if I start ordering cultural genocide on the Canadians. I'm just the bringer of Korea Times stories. |
You American Imperialist dog!
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heydelores
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:49 am Post subject: |
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| Some of us from North America celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day. It's not all that different. |
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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
No-one tells you what to do or anything, you don't have to go to church or temple, etc. Ancestor worship is totally smooth.
So I agree. Canadians should be forced to celebrate chuseok. |
Hmm, "No-one tells you what to do... (So I agree. Canadians should be forced to celebrate chuseok)"  |
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gang ah jee
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| K-in-C wrote: |
| Hmm, "No-one tells you what to do... (So I agree. Canadians should be forced to celebrate chuseok)" |
It is the mystery of ancestor worship. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| 한류? |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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