Kongi+and+Potgi

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** __Kongi and Potgi Story__ **
The story of Kongi and Potgi is about a very beautiful person named Kongi and a very ugly person named Potgi. The story is a Korean folktale. One day there was a pretty girl named Kongi and she had a sister named Potgi and an evil stepmother she was mean to Kongi. Potgi made Kongi do all of the chores. Their whole family was invited to a royal “welcome home party” but it is really a ball to find a wife for the prince. Cinderella could not go to the ball because she had too many chores to do and she did not have a dress to wear. By that time a frog jumped through the kitchen window. He turned out to be a magical creature and did all of Cinderella’s chores so she could go to the ball. The frog also made her a beautiful dress to wear to the ball. When she left the ball she had lost one of her rubber slippers. When the prince went after her he found the slipper. He searched the whole kingdom until he found Kongi. In the end the two got married and lived happily ever after. __Korean culture__

The language of Korea is Korean and is the only language they speak. Koreans were a homogeneous people by the beginning of the Christian era. Korean’s art respects nature. They believe that a man must first cultivate himself and manage his family properly before he can govern the nation. The order at home is that children must obey parents. The people who live in the average house are children, wife, husband, serpents, the master and so on. The religions of Korea are Shamanism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. They call their shirts // jeogori //. They call their pants // paji //. The women call their skirts //chima//. Government Style---Republican Population---about 47,817,000 Lauguage--- Korean Capitol---Seoul

__Korean Festivals__

 ** Their festivals are, ** ** Chusok is the Korean Thanksgiving and takes place in the middle of August. The whole point of Chusok is they get together to celebrate that their ancestors have done for them. Many Koreans take the three days off before the celebration to set up for their family and friends. The Korean Independence Day is on March first. It is to celebrate Korea’s independence from the rule of Japan. It started in 1919 and continues toda y.**