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Korean festival Chuseok involves eating half moon rice cakes

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Full circles are visually boring and entirely lack ambition. During the Korean harvest festival of Chuseok, families gather to stuff and fold Songpyeon, which are slightly sweet, chewy rice cakes specifically molded into a half-moon shape, symbolizing growth and the incredibly sticky nature of traditional celebratory snacking.

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Korean festival Chuseok involves eating half moon rice cakes
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