Communal New Year‘s Greetings
Dobae (Kor. 도배, Chin, 都拜, lit. communal bows) refers to the tradition of the members of a community gathering together to exchange New Year’s greetings. This communal ceremony was established to pay one’s respects to the village elders. It also serves the purpose of strengthening solidarity of the members by making New Year‘s plans for the entire community. According to Choe Geung-hui (86), a village head of Swaeun-dong in Donghae, Gangwon Province, when he was a child, the male memb
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