Sarah’s Dol-bok (Hanbok)
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized
The entire Oh family drove to Flushing, Queens to purchase a Dol-bok, a traditional Korean dress, for Sarah’s 1st birthday. We had several dresses to choose from and in the end, it was picked unanimously by Sarah, Blanka and myself.
The traditional dress came complete with dress, purse, headpiece and even booties. The ladies in the store also through in a long piece of string. Apparently my folks were desperately looking to buy this string, which signified long life and didn’t know where to get one. It was by sheer luck that the store had it and threw it in for free. Sarah also got a new pillow filled with buckwheat husks so that grandpa didn’t have to share his pillow with her.
After the dress shop, we drove to a jeweler on Northern Blvd. and got Sarah a gold ring to give her on her b-day. This too was a traditional item that my parents told us we needed to get.
All in all, it was a quick day filled with a lot of shopping. We accomplished a lot of what needed to be done for Sarah’s first b-day and were happy we got to spend time together during a wonderfully sunny day.
Pictures can be found here.
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