Chusok, the Harvest Moon Festival, is one of the three biggest holidays in Korea. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which usually falls in September or October. Chusok is a time for families to give thanks for the year's harvest.
We celebrated Chusok with our Korean Adoption Group. The event was held at the Korean Presbyterian church on the west side. We look forward to our events with the group and the delicious Korean food prepared fresh by the Women's group at the Korean church. We enjoyed food such as Sweet Pumpkin soup, Chop Chae, Mandu (Korean dumplings), Sweet and hot salad with pinenuts, and two different kinds of rice cakes.
The buffet of Korean food
When families arrived, the children were able to make Korean flat fans or learn how to write Chusok in Korean.
Korean fan making
We all enjoyed the special entertainment by the Ulssu Korean drumming group. The kids were dancing and clapping to the music.
Ulssu Korean drumming group
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