Customs+and+Traditions

__BY Matthew Kokoszka Language__

The Korean language is shared between both North and South Korea and is part of the Altaic language family. There are alot of dialects ,but the language is generally understood everywhere. 65 million people speak the Language, with 45 million speaking it in South Korea. The language is considered one of the bebst and most well planned languages in history. Hangul is the Korean name of the language. The alphabet was created by King Sejong in 1446. The alphabet is extremely easy to learn, which gives Korea one of the highest literacy rates in the World. __Holidays __ Holidays of North and South Korea are ; Independence Day,Chuseok,Christmas,Children's Day,Hangul Day,Valentines Day, White Day, and Black Day.



__ Food __ South Korean food is full of vegetarian dishes. Mixed green vegetables with steamed rice is common and often mixed with spicy pastes to produce a thick dish of varying flavours.Some North Korean dishes are based largely on rice, noodles, vegetables, meats and tofu.

__Sports __ Some popular sports in South Korea include football, basketball, athletics, hiking, baseball, swimming, and boxing. There are many forms of folk dancing still practiced in Korea. They also still do the most popular traditional sport in South Korea Kite Flying. North Korea and South Korea also play soccer. media type="custom" key="6351463"