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Awareness Survey on Korean Traditional Festival Food of North Korean Defectors Living in South Korea

한국에 거주하는 북한 이탈 주민의 명절음식에 대한 인식도 조사

  • Choi, Mi-Kyeong (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kongju National University) ;
  • Kim, Myo-Jung (Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition/Institute of Basic Science, Hoseo University) ;
  • Kang, Myung-Hwa (Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition/Institute of Basic Science, Hoseo University)
  • 최미경 (공주대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김묘정 (호서대학교 식품영양학과/기초과학연구소) ;
  • 강명화 (호서대학교 식품영양학과/기초과학연구소)
  • Received : 2015.04.23
  • Accepted : 2015.08.12
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

The study interviewed 102 North Korean defectors residing in South Korea after completing the Hanawon program through face-to-face interviews. The most celebrated holiday in South Korea was found to be Seollal at 65.7%, followed by Chuseok at 23.2%, Christmas at 7.8%, and Hansik at 1%. With respect to the question of wheather or not North Korea creates a more festive mood compared to South Korea, 33.3% of respondents answered that they felt similar in both countries 2.6% said "yes", they were in a more festive mood in North Korea, whereas 21.6% said "no", and 18.6% said they felt "very different". The most representative traditional food was ranked in the order of rice dishes with kimchi (19.6%), rice cake (11.8%) and boiled rice (8.9%) on National Liberation Day of Korea; rice dishes (17.6%), rice cake (7.8%) and boiled rice (4.9%) on North Korea Constitution Day; and rice cake (57.8%), noodles (9.8%), dumplings (9.8%) and boiled rice (8.8%) on Lunar New Year's Day. In regard to positive recognition about festival foods, "festival food of South Korea has diverse recipes" showed the highest positively in South Korea. The respondents positively recognized that festival foods of North Korea are not sweet, have a unique taste are traditional and have a table setting.

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