Celebrating Coming of Age Day
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- LEE SOO-JUNG
- lee.soojung1@joongang.co.kr
![College students in hanbok, or Korean traditional attire, take a selfie after completing a Coming of Age Day ceremony held at the Daejeon Dong-gu Culture Center in Daejeon on Monday. In traditional East Asian culture, the celebratory ceremony honors the first of the four major events in one’s life — the transition into adulthood, marriage, death and receiving yearly memorial services after one's death. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/05/20/cf00d9fa-b10c-4361-a534-d3c5b0a41ae7.jpg)
College students in hanbok, or Korean traditional attire, take a selfie after completing a Coming of Age Day ceremony held at the Daejeon Dong-gu Culture Center in Daejeon on Monday. In traditional East Asian culture, the celebratory ceremony honors the first of the four major events in one’s life — the transition into adulthood, marriage, death and receiving yearly memorial services after one's death. [NEWS1]
Coming of Age day events were held nationwide to celebrate young people aged 19 entering their adulthood on Monday.
![College students in hanbok, or Korean traditional attire, participate in a Coming of Age Day traditional ceremony held at the Daejeon Dong-gu Culture Center in Daejeon on Monday. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/05/20/1c516310-5b5f-4703-b2d9-b46dd100331e.jpg)
College students in hanbok, or Korean traditional attire, participate in a Coming of Age Day traditional ceremony held at the Daejeon Dong-gu Culture Center in Daejeon on Monday. [NEWS1]
![Women participate in an event celebrating Coming of Age Day on Monday at a Confucian academy in Busan. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/05/20/16ff0ed3-f9a0-4865-b9ea-806a6ddeff68.jpg)
Women participate in an event celebrating Coming of Age Day on Monday at a Confucian academy in Busan. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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