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Show By long established custom, the Korean bridegroom stays with his bride three days in his father-in-law's house before returning with her tc his own parents' house. Official Offi-cial manhood begins for the Korean Ko-rean only after marriage. Even if he i3 70, a bachelor's opinion has little influence. The Koreans' traditional habit of wearing many and varied hats is said to have had its origin as a measure against plotting. An ancient an-cient ruler, the legend goes, once concluded that men could not conspire con-spire if they could not put their heads together. Hence he required his subjects to wear such huge hate, that whispered conversations could not be carried on. |