Days

hi^^
today i want to post about unique day celebration in Korea.
well, maybe you all is common with valentine day and new year. have you ever heard about white day, black day, pepero day?
i knew about this since i fell in love with Korean's culture. several years ago. :) hehehe
so let's check what i got from gogling of the day!

white day is a month after valentine. its March 14. in Japan known as ホワイトデー, Howaito Dē?. so its happen in Korea and Japan also.

White Day is also observed in South Korea with the men paying back women who have given them chocolate on Valentine's Day with usually candy instead of chocolate, with an additional later Black Day observed for those sharing singleness

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Day

the original white day is

White Day was first celebrated in 1978 in Japan. It was started by the National Confectionery Industry Association (全国飴菓子工業協同組合) as an "answer day" to Valentine's Day on the grounds that men should pay back the women who gave them chocolate and other gifts on Valentine's Day. In 1977, a Fukuoka-based confectionery company, Ishimura Manseido (石村萬盛堂), marketed marshmallows to men on March 14, calling it Marshmallow Day (マシュマロデー).[4]

Soon thereafter, confectionery companies began marketing white chocolate. Now, men give both white and dark chocolate, as well as other edible and non-edible gifts, such as jewelry or objects of sentimental value, or white clothing like lingerie, to women from whom they received chocolate on Valentine's Day one month earlier. If the chocolate given to him was giri-choco, the man, likewise, may not be expressing actual romantic interest, but rather a social obligation.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Day

more info in : the daily kimchi - white day

next let's move to Black day
woooo~
February 14 is valentine day, full with pink and red, then on March we get White day and maybe some white chocolate bars. but it's all for couple!
oops!
so what for single? don't be sad, guys! *i am a single too ;)*
Thank God it's Black day!
:)

Black Day (April 14) is a South Korean informal tradition for single people to get together and eat jajangmyeon (noodles with black bean sauce); sometimes a white sauce is mixed for those who did not celebrate White Day.

The idea is that those who did not give or receive gifts on Valentine's Day (February 14) or White Day (March 14) can get together and eat jajangmyeon, white Korean noodles with black bean sauce, to celebrate their singledom.

source: wikipedia.org

when black day, single people wear black suit and eat jajangmyeon or black noodles. gather with other single and eat jajangmyeon together.

jajangmyeon
source: http://koreansohigh.blogspot.com/2011/02/info-jajangmyeon-masakan-korea.html



haha
so fun day, i think.
okay, we will fine our soulmate. at least bf/gf. :)

so what about celebrate pepero day? it's not 14 again. but November 11. 11/11, cool!

pepero is a korean snack. has various flavor like chocolate, strawberry, almond, etc. and has varitioan called nude (chocolate in the center).

Pepero (빼빼로) is a cookie stick, dipped in chocolate syrup, manufactured by Lotte Confectionery in South Korea since 1983. It was inspired by the Japanese product, Pocky produced by Glico.

Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day. It is named after the Korean snack Pepero and held on November 11, since the date "11/11" resembles four sticks of Pepero. The holiday is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, and romantic gifts. Lotte denies starting the holiday and instead states that they noticed a bump in Pepero sales around November 11th and after continued popularity they decided to then encourage the holiday with special gift boxes and other promotions.[2] Some consider it to be a contrived holiday and some teachers have encouraged children to exchange healthy snacks to help combat obesity. An alternative "Garaetteok Day" (sticks of white tteok) has been proposed.

According to one story, Pepero Day was started in 1994 by students at a girls' middle school in Busan, where they exchanged Pepero sticks as gifts to wish one another to grow "as tall and slender as a Pepero".

In Japan, a similar Pocky Day was started; however, it has failed to gain traction.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepero


pepero
source: http://xoxokorea.com/2011/11/pepero-day/

yummy, me want pepero!
*need go to lotte wholesale ASAP*

well, guys, hope you all enjoy it.
just for fun.
however its sound just like product promotion.
:)but, fun day is everyday!