I want to inform about Southern Korea’s Black for love day

SEOUL (Reuters) – it absolutely was a Black for love in South Korea on Monday with lonely hearts trying to ease their pain by diving head first into bowls of noodles day.

Individuals consume Jajangmyeon, Chinese-style noodles topped by having a dense sauce of black colored bean paste, at a speed competition that is eating sponsored by an internet business, for film seats at a film theater in Seoul April 14, 2008. It absolutely was a Black for love in South Korea on Monday with lonely hearts trying to ease their pain by diving head first into bowls of noodles day. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

Participants consume Jajangmyeon, Chinese-style noodles topped by having a dense sauce of black colored bean paste, at a speed consuming competition, sponsored by an on-line business, for film seats at a film theatre in Seoul April 14, 2008. It had been a Black for love in South Korea on Monday with lonely hearts trying to ease their pain by diving head first into bowls of noodles day. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

Individuals eat Jajangmyeon, Chinese-style noodles topped with a dense sauce of black colored bean paste, at a speed competition that is eating sponsored by an internet business, for film seats at a film theater in Seoul April 14, 2008. It absolutely was a Black for love in South Korea on Monday with lonely hearts trying to ease their pain by diving head first into bowls of noodles day. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

Southern Korea celebrates Valentine’s Day, where neighborhood custom dictates women provide gifts to guys. This has taken on an event that is popular in Japan but sweeping Asia known as White Day on March 14 whenever guys get back the favor with gift suggestions for females.

But Ebony Day, on April 14, is a South Korean initial. It really is marked by those who have maybe perhaps maybe not discovered love dressing in dark colours and commiserating over dishes of black meals, using the meal of choice being Chinese-style noodles topped by having a dense sauce of black colored bean paste.

“I’d a miserable time on Valentine’s Day, felt also lonelier on White Day and now I’m crying over a plate of black colored noodles,” said a new ladies who asked simply to be identified by her household title Na away from embarrassment.

“Things better differ year that is next.”

At universities around the world on Monday, pupils without meal times ordered black colored noodles, dined with other lonely hearts and looked for companionship.

South Korea marketers have actually hatched unique days for the 14th of every month to generate a calendar laden with love.

Some times have actually gained traction such as for example Ebony Day, while some such as for instance Green Day in August, whenever couples are expected to take in inexpensive alcohol that will come in green containers and stroll in the forests, have actually yet to attract a lot of a after.

Ebony Day activities have actually snowballed, by having a matchmaking that is major this present year supplying a night of rate dating where in actuality the meal of choice is sushi blackened by squid ink.

An online business for movie tickets sponsored a speed consuming competition of black noodles if you purchased solitary seats for the latest movies.

“It is depressing enough visiting the movies by yourself,” said Shin Youn-joo of this business called Max film.

“We just wanted to distribute a joy that is little the ‘with-outs’.”

Extra reporting by Jung Hee-jung and Lee Jiyeon; Editing by Nick Macfie