Transcript Fall Holidays Columbus Day & Thanksgiving Day

Fall Holidays
Columbus Day & Thanksgiving Day
Culture Study ESL 5
Presenter: Hwang, Mi Hyun
Instructor: Lyra Riabov
Fall Holidays
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Columbus Day (October 12th)
Halloween (October 31st)
Veterans Day (November 11th)
Thanksgiving Day (Forth Thursday of November)
Columbus Day
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History and Origin
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Tradition of
Celebrating
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National
Foundation Day in
Korea
History and Origin
Columbus Day
October 12, 1492: Christopher Columbus discovered America
Christopher Columbus
• An Italian explorer, who wanted to prove that the earth is not flat
• Convinced Queen Isabella of Spain to sponsor his voyage.
• Set sail on the three ships and sailed west.
• Landed on Bahamian island Guanahani on 10.12.1492
• Thought that he came to India
• Named the native people “Indians”
• Made four voyages to the New World
• The New Continent was named after an Italian explorer Amerigo
Vespucci in 1792
Tradition of Celebrating
• Italian and Spanish style
decorations and costumes
Parade
• Travel and admire the
beautiful foliage season
• Celebrate new harvest
• Raises the issues of the
native Indians
Folk Dance
Food
Spanish and Italian cuisines
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As Columbus was born in Italy and
traveled to the New World from Spain,
people focus on Spanish and Italian
cuisines during this celebration.
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Common ingredients are: water, vinegar,
wine, olive oil, molasses, cheese, honey,
raisins, rice, garlic, almonds, sea biscuits,
dry legumes such as chickpeas, lentils,
beans, salted and barreled sardines,
anchovies, dry salt cod and pickled or
salted meats, salted flour
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Fogon – the equipment for fire used by
National Foundation Day in Korea
National Foundation Day
October 3rd in B.C. 2333 : Tangun, mythological hero founded Korea
The Tale of Tangun
• Hwan-Woong, son of God, wanted to help people
• A Tiger and a Bear wanted to be human
• God made them suffer to win the honor to become
human
• A Bear survived and became a Woman after
• A son, Tangun was born to Hwan-Woong and the
Woman
• That child was the ancestor to all Korean people
• He named the country CHOSUN.
• That was the first ever country to be founded on
the Korean Peninsula in B.C. 2333.
Thanksgiving Day
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History and Origin
Tradition of
Celebrating
Chu Sok, harvest
celebration, in
Korea
History and Origin
Thanksgiving Day
The fourth Thursday of November
Pilgrims and Native Americans in New England in the early 17th
century
• The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 by the
English Pilgrims who had founded the Plymouth Plantation.
• The Pilgrims marked the occasion by feasting with their Native
American guests who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill.
• Gradually the custom prevailed among New Englanders to annually
celebrate Thanksgiving after the harvest.
Tradition of Celebrating
• Children dressed in Pilgrim costume, complete with bonnets
or tall hats, dark clothes, and shoes with large silver-colored
buckles.
• Thanksgiving derived from much older traditions of
celebrating the autumn harvest.
• The cornucopia is a typical emblem of Thanksgiving
abundance that dates to ancient harvest festivals.
• Many communities also decorate their churches with fruit,
flowers, and vegetables at Thanksgiving
• Macy’s in New York City and Gimbel’s in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, began to sponsor lavish parades.
• The custom of watching football games on Thanksgiving
Day
Food
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Celebrating a plentiful harvest
Turkey, bread-crumb stuffing, cranberry sauce,
squash, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and
pumpkin pie
The rustic virtues of the Pilgrims
Emphasizing the natural bounty that greeted early
settlers in their adopted homeland
Later groups of immigrants to North America often
adapted the traditional holiday menu to fit their
own tastes.
Many Americans digest their holiday meal while
watching football games on television.
Chu Sok in Korea
August 15th in Lunar Calendar
Origin of Chu Sok
• "The Three Kingdom" history book in 32 AD
• The king of Shilla, King You Ree held weaving
competition between two groups of women after harvest
• Everyone enjoyed the feast and celebrated it with songs
and dance.
Tradition of Celebrating
• Families from all around Korea pack up and head on the
road to visit their families’ ancestral sites.
• A few days before the Chu Suk holiday begins families
prepare special dishes for the ancestral site memorial.
• After service is finished, family members eat the food
together and celebrate.
References
 http://encarta.msn.com/
 http://www.usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebr
ate/Columbus.html
 http://www.castellobanfi.com/features/sto
ry_3.html
 http://www.clickasia.co.kr/about.htm