Salt and pepper wigs, black eye shadow and a few well chosen garments help complete the transformation of Americans in Korea celebrating an American holiday posing as Koreans. October 31st has new meaning for us now as we spent this year's Hallowed Eve trying to explain why American families give candy to people who are dressed up as the undead. If two light-haired Californians aren't enough to draw attention from Koreans, two costumed Californians definitely are. Despite the new awkward glances during our walk through the neighborhood, we were able to impart our favorite Halloween traditions to our Korean students and listen to a few of their own...
Teacher:"Why do we have Halloween?"
Student:"Halloween is for people who like to be scary, and to get scared. I don't like to get scared. If I see scary, they will appear in my dreams." (She cried when I walked into the room (David))
Teacher: "What is Halloween?"
Student: "Halloween is when the American ghosts come over to Korea and have a big fight with the Korean ghosts."
1 comment:
So Jolene is Cher and David is Gandolf the Gray, right?
Just kidding, but you guys do make some funky looking Koreans.
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