In Korea, the Monday of the third week of May is mark as the “Coming-of-age Day” where the men and women turning 20 years old in Korea celebrate their passage from childhood to adulthood.
The “Coming-of-age” day is a nationwide celebration in Korea.
To mark a child’s passage into adulthood, the young men had their hair coiffed into a topknot and wore a cylindrical hat woven from horsehair known as a “gat (갓).” Meanwhile, the young women put up their hair in a bun, fastened with a “binyeo (비녀),” an ornamental hairpin, and put on a “jjokduri,” a ceremonial cap. Then,...
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