Cultural Post #4

[Sarah Kwon]

While america celebrates Valentine's day, Korea celebrates Valentine's day and White Day. Unlike America, on Valentine's day in Korea, the women are expected to give men chocolates/gifts only. This is because a little later, on White day, the men are supposed to reciprocate by giving women a gift (usually two time more expensive). Korea also celebrates pepero day, which is on November 11. It is called pepero day because the date is 11/11, which looks like the popular Korean snake called pepero (similar to pocky). On this day, you are to give your friends and boyfriends/girlfriends pepero to show them how much you appreciate them. From these unofficial holidays, you can really see that Koreans care about the couple culture and are not afraid of showing some PDA.