Posted on Nov 17, 2023
Mickey Mouse celebrates Korean culture in new episode
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"After celebrating Diwali, Nowruz, and a Japanese tea ceremony, Mickey and his friends attend a Korean first birthday and doljabi ceremony in a new episode."
Mickey Mouse celebrates Korean culture in new episode
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..."Mickey Mouse is dipping his gloves into Korean culture with a new episode telling the story of a traditional first birthday party and doljabi ceremony.
In the "Mickey Mouse Funhouse" episode, released Friday, Mickey and his friends attend the doljanchi, or first birthday of Ae-Che, a Korean tiger. The gang observes a cultural ceremony in which the toddler selects an object from a bunch of items laid out on a table to predict what she'll be when she grows up.
“The traditional items are generally an apple or some kind of fruit to represent health; coins represent good fortune; a paintbrush to represent an artist; and a pencil to represent being a writer or a scholar,” Hanah Lee Cook, who wrote the episode, told Disney's official fan club site D23. “I have been to a couple of doljabi ceremonies for my younger cousins, where they have included a stuffed animal, which could represent that they’ll be a veterinarian, or a stethoscope, [so] maybe they’ll be a doctor.”
The storyline also has several nods to Korean mythology, including showcasing Dokkaebi, Korean goblins.
In the past, some of Mickey's multicultural celebrations have included Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year; Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights; and a traditional Japanese tea ceremony."...
..."Mickey Mouse is dipping his gloves into Korean culture with a new episode telling the story of a traditional first birthday party and doljabi ceremony.
In the "Mickey Mouse Funhouse" episode, released Friday, Mickey and his friends attend the doljanchi, or first birthday of Ae-Che, a Korean tiger. The gang observes a cultural ceremony in which the toddler selects an object from a bunch of items laid out on a table to predict what she'll be when she grows up.
“The traditional items are generally an apple or some kind of fruit to represent health; coins represent good fortune; a paintbrush to represent an artist; and a pencil to represent being a writer or a scholar,” Hanah Lee Cook, who wrote the episode, told Disney's official fan club site D23. “I have been to a couple of doljabi ceremonies for my younger cousins, where they have included a stuffed animal, which could represent that they’ll be a veterinarian, or a stethoscope, [so] maybe they’ll be a doctor.”
The storyline also has several nods to Korean mythology, including showcasing Dokkaebi, Korean goblins.
In the past, some of Mickey's multicultural celebrations have included Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year; Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights; and a traditional Japanese tea ceremony."...
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