{"id":58,"date":"2009-01-07T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=58"},"modified":"2009-01-07T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T20:30:08","slug":"deborum-%eb%8c%80%eb%b3%b4%eb%a6%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/deborum-%eb%8c%80%eb%b3%b4%eb%a6%84\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborum (\ub300\ubcf4\ub984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deborum (<strong>\ub300\ubcf4\ub984<\/strong>) is an up-coming festival celebrated on the fifteenth of January.\u00a0 This festival is based on the lunar calendar and means &#8216;great full moon.&#8217;\u00a0 The locals believe that the first full moon appears on the fifteenth of January.\u00a0 Like many Korean festivals, there are always traditional activities that highlight the festival.<\/p>\n<p>For example there is the tradition of cracking nuts with your teeth called borum (<strong>\ubcf4\ub984<\/strong>).\u00a0 It&#8217;s thought that cracking nuts with your teeth will create a healthy set of teeth for the coming year.\u00a0 The origins for this tradition is unclear.\u00a0 However, this tradition goes back to the time when dental care was not widespread in Korea.\u00a0 It may have been a way to deal with unhealthy teeth.\u00a0 Also, nuts are a good source of nutrition and many peasants who lacked protein could stock up on it with this tradition.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the tradition called orum (<strong>\uc624\ub984<\/strong>) on deborum (<strong>\ub300\ubcf4\ub984<\/strong>).\u00a0 Orum (<strong>\uc624\ub984<\/strong>) is an activity where a mass of people try to climb the highest mountain peak in their local village.\u00a0 The first person to reach the top and see the full moon is the person who will have the most luck in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the festival is an activity called jwi-bul-nori (<strong>\uc950\ubcfc\ub180\uc774<\/strong>).\u00a0 Jwi-bul-nori (<strong>\uc950\ubcfc\ub180\uc774<\/strong>) is an activity where used cans are poked with holes and stuffed with dry grass.\u00a0 The cans are lighted and children whirl the cans around a field of crops.\u00a0 The ash from the dry grass in the cans fertilize the fields.\u00a0 This game is a pyro maniac&#8217;s dream.\u00a0 The fires are quite big and spread far into the fields.\u00a0 Jwi-bul-nori (<strong>\uc950\ubcfc\ub180\uc774<\/strong>) serves two purposes.\u00a0 One of the purposes happen to be practical.\u00a0 Through a game-like fashion, jwi-bul-nori (<strong>\uc950\ubcfc\ub180\uc774<\/strong>) completes an important part of the agricultural cycle.\u00a0 The second purpose is more entertaining.\u00a0 The fires caused by jwi-bul-nori (<strong>\uc950\ubcfc\ub180\uc774<\/strong>) are beautiful.\u00a0 They are jaw-dropping.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I mean by the deborum (<strong>\ub300\ubcf4\ub984<\/strong>) festival being a arsonist&#8217;s paradise:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rm8kUyX_1KA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ufffd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deborum (\ub300\ubcf4\ub984) is an up-coming festival celebrated on the fifteenth of January.\u00a0 This festival is based on the lunar calendar and means &#8216;great full moon.&#8217;\u00a0 The locals believe that the first full moon appears on the fifteenth of January.\u00a0 Like many Korean festivals, there are always traditional activities that highlight the festival. 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