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Fast Trains and
Subways: South Korea
has fast bullet trains and
clean, colorful subway
trains that make it easy to
travel around.
1. Which festival in South Korea is celebrated as the Lunar
New Year, involving family gatherings, ancestral rituals, and
traditional foods like tteokguk (rice cake soup)?
2. What is the Korean version of Thanksgiving, celebrated in
September or October, where families honor ancestors, share
traditional foods like songpyeon, and enjoy folk games?
3. Which popular modern festival, held in July in Boryeong city,
attracts tourists for mud baths, mud wrestling, and beach
activities?
4. Which festival is celebrated in May across South Korea with
colorful lantern displays in temples and streets to commemorate
Buddha’s birth?
5. What unique event is held in March on Jeju Island, where fields
are set ablaze as a symbolic wish for health and a good harvest,
featuring traditional performances and fire displays?
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