![]() In Korea, Lunar New Year is the biggest holiday of the year, and it is a day when the entire family gathers in hanbok, traditional Korean clothes, to do saebae, which is the most important tradition. Our daughters wearing traditional hanbok for Lunar New Year. Despite the challenges, we try very hard not to miss any Korean holidays and celebrate traditional activities just as my mother-in-law was determined to do. My husband and I have encountered numerous challenges attempting to raise Korean American kids overseas with a firm sense of cultural identity: language barriers, time difference (some holidays are based on the lunar calendar), and limited availability of ingredients on the local economy, just to name few. She was trying hard to raise her immigrant children with Korean traditions and culture through Korean foods while living in the United States as Americans. However, as we raise our own kids around the world, I understand my mother-in-law’s passion and reasoning behind such a cumbersome task. Was making your own salted fish roe really worth it? It’s so easy to purchase this in Seoul. At that time, the thought of keeping so many kitchen items and groceries at home seemed like a cumbersome chore. M y mother-in-law had several refrigerators and freezers and was passionate about making her own salted fish roe. I still remember my very first visit to Seattle to meet the in-laws. I was born in Seoul and became a Korean American through marriage. It’s been nearly a year since we arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with our two daughters, 6 and 5 years old. My husband is a second generation Korean American and works as a Construction Engineer in the State Department.
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