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Ceremonies, 17 May 2027

Coming of Age Day (South Korea)

The third Monday of May, when Korea marks turning twenty, and some places restage the old topknot and hairpin rites.

South Korea marks Coming of Age Day on the third Monday of May for those turning 20. In the Joseon period adulthood was marked by hair. In the gwallye, a young man's braid was put up into a sangtu topknot and capped. In the gyerye, a young woman's plait was coiled into a chignon at the nape and fixed with a binyeo, a long hairpin. Today the day is mostly marked with flowers and gifts, but palaces, Confucian schools and cultural centres hold restaged ceremonies in hanbok with the traditional hair.

Hairstyles tied to Coming of Age Day (South Korea)

SangtuThe topknot of the gwallye for young menBinyeoThe hairpin given to young women at the gyeryeDaenggiThe ribbon tied on the plait before adulthood

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