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The
international symbol of a country is its national flag. But the
flag does not directly express the national identity of a people.
Nationality is something that becomes ingrained in the minds and
bodies of the people as they share life’s ups and downs together
through the generations. It is here that we find the legacy of traditional
culture, the identy that imprinted in the gene of a people.
The
cultural symbols of the Korean people are as varied and vibrant
as those of any nation. From the cultural heritage of the ancestors
to the ordinary objects of everyday life, one could name any number
of symbols that capture the qualities and aesthetics unique to Koreans.
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