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20 May 2010

COMING OF AGE DAY.

A bit late I know but I've only just been catching up with this weeks newspapers where I came across a lovely picture depicting a scene from South Korea's Coming Of Age Day.

Celebrated on the third Monday every May, Coming Of Age Day officially sees a young persons transition from childhood to adulthood - in Korea, this being aged 20 instead of 18 as in England.

Click HERE for more images from the 2008 celebrations.

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12 comments:

  1. Betty Manousos20 May 2010 at 09:23

    Thanks for sharing, Tracy. Quite interesting!
    Have a great day!
    Hugs
    B xx

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  2. NabilaHazirah20 May 2010 at 12:27

    interesting. you know, my friends are crazy about korea!

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  3. serendipity_viv20 May 2010 at 13:09

    Almost like a national debutante day. I think we should have something like that over here.

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  4. Revd. Neal Terry20 May 2010 at 14:36

    Can I have a coming of age day when it happens?

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  5. Arti20 May 2010 at 16:32

    never knew about this tradition..thanks for the info..
    have a nice week

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  6. Felicity Grace Terry20 May 2010 at 20:55

    THEME - you can have just such a day when (and only when) it happens.

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  7. Kelly20 May 2010 at 21:18

    Beautiful photos! The colors are so vibrant.

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  8. Anonymous20 May 2010 at 22:36

    Interesting, Is it too late to celebrate? muhaha.

    I gave you two awards today on my blog.
    XD

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  9. Oddyoddyo1321 May 2010 at 01:02

    There's always one of those days-but it only shows how many years old you are, not how OLD you are.

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  10. Felicity Grace Terry21 May 2010 at 12:04

    JB: Nice to meet you and many thanks for those awards.

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  11. Anonymous21 May 2010 at 12:54

    We could use something like that in the U.S. Some people try to come of age at 13, and others 35.

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  12. Karen23 May 2010 at 16:32

    hmmm - never heard of that. Beautiful picture. What do you do in England to celebrate? I guess the closet we have in the US is a sweet 16 party.

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Ah wish te thank each an everyone of yee fre yer keind words. It's canny te see yee an ah hope you'll visit agyen. Divvent leave it tee long, will ye?