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来来，collect Ang Pao time!
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Happy 初五 everyone! Though idk who really keeps count past 初三.
“I’ll be back”
- Kiku, probably
A.D. 1598 - fashionably late, @historical-hetalia-week day four!
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Notes: The Korean War ended in 1953, after three years of fighting, with the country still divided in roughly the same place as it was when the war began. After some initial reluctance and subsequent convincing by the Chinese and Soviets, the North Koreans came to the table to be signatories of the Armistice Agreement, along with China and the United States (technically representing United Nations Command). However, South Korea’s leader, Syngman Rhee, was staunchly opposed to signing the Armistice, as he refused to accept having failed to unite the country by force. As a result, South Korea never formally signed the Armistice.
OOC;; This is for @thenightlymartini as thanks for their donation to the fundraising campaign! They wanted something angsty with the Korea bros based on the song Love is Gone, which just kind of made me think of the end of the Korean War. Thank you again for your continued support!
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Hello everyone! Another year, another excuse to draw Sang Kyu in a sweater. It’s been a tough year for us all, and I wish I had been a bit more active on here. Still, I thank you for supporting me along the way!
For the fifth year in the row, I will be running a fundraising campaign for Liberty in North Korea, an organization that works to help people fleeing the North Korean regime safely make it to freedom. So, I’ve set up a Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) fundraising page, the link to which can be found at the bottom of this post and in my blog description.
I’ve always wanted to use this blog for education and to do some tangible good in the world. I want to prove that Hetalians aren’t just here for stereotypes and parody–our involvement in this fandom has changed many of us for the better, enlightening us to people and cultures we may have never otherwise known or cared about. Last year with all the hype around the new season, we raised over $1000, which was absolutely lightyears beyond what I thought this fandom could do! I’m setting the goal this year at $1000, by January 1st. Let’s try and keep the momentum going!
I know people can be strapped for cash this time of year, so don’t feel bad if you can’t donate! You can still reblog this post to help more people see it! I will also reblog this post with some more information about LiNK if you would like to learn more about what challenges North Korean refugees face and what sort of work LiNK does for them!
Let’s band together and change someone’s life for the better!
>>>If you would like to donate or check the fundraiser’s progress, click here!<<<
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OOC;;
I’m sorry I don’t have an art piece to go with this like I usually do, but I recently moved (no longer in Korea, unfortunately) and am still trying to get settled, so I’m getting a late start on this. I’ll try an do a prettier post with some art later once I’m fully moved into my new place.
Still, it’s Giving Tuesday and I don’t want to be too late to the punch! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that every year I host a fundraiser for Liberty in North Korea, a non-profit that helps refugees leave North Korea and resettle where they can have a better life. They also do a lot of outreach to both the public and government entities in an effort to refocus the narrative onto the people rather than nukes/military/politics, so their funding is going toward elevating the voices of North Koreans too.
Last year as a fandom we raised a whopping $1100 which was absolutely incredible! I know covid has been hard on us all, but if you’ve got a few dollars to spare, please consider donating! If you’d like to read more about what LiNK does or read some accounts from refugees, you can visit LiNK’s website here.
>>If you would like to donate, please click here!<<
If you’re not able to donate but would like to help, please reblog this post to help it gain some visibility! (worried tumblr won’t show it in the tags because of the links, so reblogs really help)
추석 잘 보내세요!
Have a happy Chuseok!
Chuseok is a harvest and family holiday similar to Thanksgiving celebrated by both Koreas, although until recently North Koreans could not celebrate it because, as a traditional holiday, it was regarded as a vestige of a feudal system.
Now we celebrate in many of the same ways as South Koreans, but with some differences.
Honoring ones’ ancestors is an integral part of Chuseok that people on both sides of the border engage in. Charye is the custom of preparing an offering of food as part of an ancestral memorial rite.
In South Korea, the tables can be quite extravagant. The placement of the food also follows special rules, such as fruits and vegetables being placed in the south, meats in the west, soup and rice in the north, and rice cakes and drinks in the east.
In the North, the table is usually a more modest affair. Unlike in the South, fresh fruit and meat are harder to come by, so they are usually prepared in advance and are often dried. For some North Koreans, this is the only time of year these foods will be available to them, so the holiday is highly anticipated. Also unlike the South, the placement of food on the table doesn’t matter as much–we just place foods our ancestors were fond of or that we enjoy ourselves.
I cannot quite remember what foods Gojoseon liked…I hope she would have liked tangerines as I do.
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Previous Chuseok posts: 2017, 2020
Note: The yellow flowers are rhododendrons, which are known to grow on Mt. Paektu (where I hc Gojoseon was buried).
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