Today we celebrated the Korean harvest festival of Chuseok (Korean: 추석) in my kid’s Korean Immersion elementary class. Traditions are very important in our home. I am mixed Latina and Black and my husband is Korean so being a multicultural family and raising our children as mini global citizens to appreciate and celebrate their respective cultures is an invaluable gift we are passing on to them.
In all honesty, it is also a chance for me to learn more about my children’s Korean culture. We learn from each other, right? So Chuseok 추석, also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day, is one of the most important and festive holidays of the year. Just like the American tradition of Thanksgiving, Koreans return to their ancestral hometowns to celebrate with their families to feast on traditional foods and rice wines.