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Seoul’s Gangnam District Holds Festival to Celebrate Dano Holiday

SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District on Wednesday held a festival in front of a local children’s library on Wednesday to celebrate “Dano,” which is the fifth day of the fifth month according to the lunar calendar. Dano is a day dedicated to praying for favorable weather for farming and fishing, as [...]

Dano Festival to Expel Misfortune, Bring Luck

SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean ancestors, largely lived by working on farms, had many ceremonies to have a good harvest. Dano, one of three most celebrated traditional holidays across the nation, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar that happens to be June 18 this year, [...]