Cultural Events
Dia De Los Muertos – Day of the Dead
The Christian Korean America and the Hispanic American culture believes that the dead should be honored. I attended the day of the dead event in Hollywood on October 24. I witnessed a myriad of incredible and vibrant cultural traditions and learned the practices and the customs of the Hispanic American culture. In both Korean and Hispanic culture, the day of the dead is a special cultural event that is highly respected due to the fear of the ghostly retribution. Members of both cultures commemorate the dead, although they might perform their celebrations in a different manner.
The Korean Americans have adopted the Chuseok festival from South Korea to honor and respect the dead. The event …show more content…
My second cultural event to attend was a Hispanic-American Church service. I was in luck because I was able to witness early Christmas celebration preparations by the youth of the church. In the Hispanic culture, the Christmas celebration is highly appreciated and celebrated in style. The youth leader told me a little about what would entail a typical Hispanic-American Christmas celebration in church such as plays that narrate the story of Joseph and Mary and how Jesus was born. The Hispanics marks the celebration of the eve of Christmas as close friends gather to celebrate the event with a special dish. In this way, the Hispanic-American and Korean-American cultures are similar, the homes in both cultures are well-decorated with Christmas trees and Christmas lights to revamp the environment. Also, both cultures exchange presents and gift to celebrate the birth of Jesus. However, in the Korean culture, a Christmas cake is made, made up of sponge cake that is covered in cream and very delicious. The Hispanics have folk’s songs to celebrate the event and also have the Santa Claus decoration similar to the Korean Americans. In both cultures, it is typical to be part of a mass conducted to celebrate the day. The Christmas cultural event is a big day that is welcomed in both cultures in a massive way (Mayntz). The church service itself was similar to my Korean-American church in that both conducted bilingual services to appeal to both first and second generation speakers. Even in the English service however, some of the gospel songs were sung in Spanish and it was beautiful to listen to and was melodically appealing. It was very different from typical Christian Korean gospel worship songs. Their hymns seemed more traditional and rooted in
Dia De Los Muertos – Day of the Dead
The Christian Korean America and the Hispanic American culture believes that the dead should be honored. I attended the day of the dead event in Hollywood on October 24. I witnessed a myriad of incredible and vibrant cultural traditions and learned the practices and the customs of the Hispanic American culture. In both Korean and Hispanic culture, the day of the dead is a special cultural event that is highly respected due to the fear of the ghostly retribution. Members of both cultures commemorate the dead, although they might perform their celebrations in a different manner.
The Korean Americans have adopted the Chuseok festival from South Korea to honor and respect the dead. The event …show more content…
My second cultural event to attend was a Hispanic-American Church service. I was in luck because I was able to witness early Christmas celebration preparations by the youth of the church. In the Hispanic culture, the Christmas celebration is highly appreciated and celebrated in style. The youth leader told me a little about what would entail a typical Hispanic-American Christmas celebration in church such as plays that narrate the story of Joseph and Mary and how Jesus was born. The Hispanics marks the celebration of the eve of Christmas as close friends gather to celebrate the event with a special dish. In this way, the Hispanic-American and Korean-American cultures are similar, the homes in both cultures are well-decorated with Christmas trees and Christmas lights to revamp the environment. Also, both cultures exchange presents and gift to celebrate the birth of Jesus. However, in the Korean culture, a Christmas cake is made, made up of sponge cake that is covered in cream and very delicious. The Hispanics have folk’s songs to celebrate the event and also have the Santa Claus decoration similar to the Korean Americans. In both cultures, it is typical to be part of a mass conducted to celebrate the day. The Christmas cultural event is a big day that is welcomed in both cultures in a massive way (Mayntz). The church service itself was similar to my Korean-American church in that both conducted bilingual services to appeal to both first and second generation speakers. Even in the English service however, some of the gospel songs were sung in Spanish and it was beautiful to listen to and was melodically appealing. It was very different from typical Christian Korean gospel worship songs. Their hymns seemed more traditional and rooted in