Happy Lunar New Year's

We went down to the Namsan Traditional Folk Village this afternoon to see some of the festivities going on for the Lunar New Year. It was packed. And there was a lot going on -- dancers, musicians, games, crafts, free food (some people stood in ridiculously long lines to get tiny plates of rice cakes or soup).

Near the end of this video you can see the dancing woman spinning around with a sword in each hand. On one of those swords she's balancing a handful of rice (pretty nifty trick), which the announcer refers to as "lucky rice". The tradition appears to be to pour this rice down a person's shirt so they have a prosperous new year. Or something like that.

So, here's to the Year of the Rabbit!