In pictures: Age Day Ceremony

Dawn.com Published May 19, 2012
South Korean girls and boys in traditional dresses bow during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls and boys in traditional dresses bow during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean boys in traditional dresses take part in the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean boys in traditional dresses take part in the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
A South Korean girl in a traditional dress bows during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
A South Korean girl in a traditional dress bows during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls and boys in traditional dresses take part in the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls and boys in traditional dresses take part in the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls in traditional dresses drink tea during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls in traditional dresses drink tea during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls and boys in traditional dresses bow during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean girls and boys in traditional dresses bow during the 40th Coming of Age Day Ceremony and re-presentation of traditional ?Gwan-Rye? at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea.

The Age Day Ceremony and representation of traditional 'Gwan - rye' at Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, authorizes young boys and girls, living under their parents shelter as independent individuals. — Photos by AP

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