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Black Day for love, big day for noodles?
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Black Day for love, big day for noodles?
It was a Black Day for love in South Korea yesterday with lonely hearts trying to ease their pain by diving head first into bowls of noodles.
South Korea celebrated Valentine?s Day, where local custom dictates women give gifts to men. It has taken on a popular event born in Japan but sweeping Asia known as White Day on March 14 when men return the favour with gifts for women.
But Black Day, on April 14, is a South Korean original. It is marked by people who have not found love dressing in dark colours and commiserating over meals of black food, with the dish of choice being Chinese-style noodles topped with a thick sauce of black bean paste.
?I had a miserable time on Valentine?s Day, felt even lonelier on White Day and now I?m crying over a bowl of black noodles?, said a young women who asked only to be identified by her family name Na out of embarrassment. ?Things better be different next year.?
South Korea marketers have moreover hatched special days for the 14th of each month to create a calendar laden with love.
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