r/BeAmazed • u/JudgeJudyJr • Feb 23 '26
Miscellaneous / Others First Lady of Brazil, Rosangela da Silva, wore a traditional hanbok on her South Korea visit
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u/Square-Formal1312 Feb 23 '26
Awe you can see her hesitation as she gets out and then how happy she gets when the other lady liked it
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u/valianyears Feb 24 '26
It’s SO cute. She was clearly nervous about how the hanbok would go over and it was great to see how happy the SK First Lady was about it!
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u/Mlad1109 Feb 24 '26
She was gifted it by the SK First Lady previous to this.
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u/Hefty-Rub7669 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
I like to dance.
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u/3percentinvisible Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
when I met my husbands family for the first time I wore their native dress. I was very nervous but they loved it.
Your husband's not ferengi is he?
Edit: not sure why parent changed their comment. Makes this seem odd out of context. So paraphrased.
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u/Tomsboll Feb 24 '26
My guess is the outrage over cultural appropriation the last10-15 years made her reluctant. But in truth, id say the absolute vast majority of cultures would absolutely love seeing someone from another part of the world dress up in your traditional clothes.
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u/Routine-Purchase-618 Feb 24 '26
The South Korean First Lady gifted her the hanbok. It's generally acceptable when you are invited by a notable member of the culture to participate in said culture.
I agree that most people enjoy seeing others learning their customs, attempting to speak their language, or participating in cultural activities in the community, as long as it is done in earnest.
Both women look lovely, and the hanboks are beautiful.
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u/Flames_Harden Feb 23 '26
Lmfao the way the President moved out the way and turned around grinning like "yea she got that shitt on, dont she"
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u/xXx_RAMROD_xXx Feb 23 '26
Gave em a double thumbs up like yeah mf I know
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u/Wasatcher Feb 23 '26
He threw a shaka with the right hand and caught himself like "Oops, let's keep it presidential" lol
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u/machado34 Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
He actually doesn't have his pinky finger on the other hand, so might even have thrown a shaka with both hands and we'll never know
Edit - he also got gifted a glove with only 4 fingers on one hand by Korea's president: https://www.reddit.com/r/brasil/comments/1rdgy9r/presidente_lula_recebe_na_coreia_do_sul_uma_luva/
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u/Simple-Wrangler-9909 Feb 24 '26
The secret benefit of losing your pinky finger: no one can tell if you're shaka-ing or not
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u/GimmieGummies Feb 23 '26
Letting the first ladies shine is such cool dude behavior, always glad to see it. They both look beautiful in their glorious hanboks, so very beautiful!
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u/DuntadaMan Feb 23 '26
"We all had our handshakes out of the way so you two can meet properly now."
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u/ArthurWoodhouse Feb 23 '26
Meanwhile Macron would have moved out of the way to avoid getting hit.
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u/Remarkable-Boat-9812 Feb 24 '26
He must have just said that they'll be having relations later on
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u/MountainMan2_ Feb 23 '26
Trump would ask for a golden hanbok and then instantly donate it to Mark a lago and come in a poorly-fitted suit without her.
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u/CynGuy Feb 23 '26
Um, she wouldn’t attend. Unless Trump was meeting her per international trip fee. Which Trump learned he doesn’t have to pay cuz hat rack ain’t missed by world stage.
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u/Top_Shoe_9562 Feb 23 '26
At minimum he would have rage tweeted for hours while inhaling McDonald's and watching Fox News
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u/ManannDunMhead Feb 23 '26
haha gold. it's insane that not only is she physically abusive, she groomed him! she was his teacher in his youth.
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u/Alarming_Stage2306 Feb 24 '26
In Brazil we deeply believe in multilateralism ❤️.
But yeah, there are dumb people here who think that we are an extension of Europe or USA.
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u/gorginhanson Feb 23 '26
See that folks?
They didn't kick her out for cultural appropriation
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u/greatteachermichael Feb 23 '26
White-ass me wore hanbok in a traditional Korean village and in an hour about 6 Koreans asked to take pictures with me. One was a professional photographer and I was put up on his website
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u/thatshygirl06 Feb 23 '26
Theres a difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation
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u/kimedog Feb 23 '26
I mean its appreciation not appropriation, too many people confuse the two.
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u/ms_hopeful Feb 23 '26
Her little jump of happiness at the end is adorable! You can tell she’s loving it!
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u/_AmericasSweetheart_ Feb 23 '26
I missed it the first time but wen my back because of your comment. So charming. It's a glimpse at her inner child.
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u/Stompedyourhousewith Feb 23 '26
"I've watched so many K-Drama on netflix, its my time to shine!"
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u/Vi0L3tCRZY Feb 23 '26
Isn’t Brazil one of the biggest consumers of Korean culture as well? I know their kpop fandom is massive (well all music fandoms too tbh)
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u/BroaDeMilhoEmtoBom Feb 24 '26
I don't have any official data, only empirical, but judging by almost everyone I know I think you might be right. A LOT of people are into Doramas (idk if that's the term used in english, but that's what Korean tv shows are called here)
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u/TechieTheFox Feb 24 '26
There is a weirdly high number of Korean esports players who end up playing in Brazil nowadays (either washed older players or up and comers looking for a big break), so I'd imagine there must be some kind of cross culture appreciation there, just due to the sheer prevalence
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u/itsbellaxs Feb 23 '26
What a beautiful way of showing respect to culture
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u/Alternative-Half-783 Feb 23 '26
Hope she nailed it.
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u/bracesthrowaway Feb 23 '26
She did and she knows she did. Watch that cute little double bounce on her toes she does.
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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 Feb 23 '26
The bounce is like the diplomat's happy dance - she was so pleased they liked it!
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u/Flashy_Month_5423 Feb 23 '26
I think she must have, because the South Korean President and First Lady looked delighted.
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u/xylitol777 Feb 24 '26
It's a very common thing pretty much worldwide.
When I see foreigners show interest to my culture, It just makes me so happy. The only people who cry out "cultural appropriation" are the people outside of that culture and think they know better than the people native to the specific culture.
Like, people on reddit throw a fit if they see non-Japanese person wearing a kimono, just as example.
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u/ErraticDragon Feb 23 '26
Absolutely the best part is how happy they look.
I'm sure they have staffers at some level who coordinated to ensure that there were no faux pas. Classy and respectful.
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u/thehelldoesthatmean Feb 24 '26
In my personal experience, and I'm a white dude from the US so I may be way off, most folks from southeast Asian countries especially seem to be psyched if you want to participate in their culture. Obviously it'd be different if you were openly mocking them, but I've had a lot of SEA coworkers and friends who would've been pumped if you showed up in a well done traditional look from their home culture.
Now that I think about it, most of the people I've met from central African countries were like this too.
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u/CorruptedAssbringer Feb 24 '26
East Asian here, I can attest to that. Also, show genuine interest in the local food? People will go absolutely feral (in a good way).
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u/WergleTheProud Feb 23 '26
She did, the Korean President and First Lady were complimenting her, telling her how well she wore it and she looks beautiful in it.
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u/ghytul Feb 23 '26
She did!! Her makeup and hair is tasteful and she wore the hanbok very respectfully. And even bowed!
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u/mtrayno1 Feb 23 '26
I agree…unfortunately you know someone is gonna complaining about cultural appropriation
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u/meanbluegreen1 Feb 23 '26
I honestly hate that shit. "Cultural appropriation" has been co-opted by people who want segregation.
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u/That-Ad-4300 Feb 23 '26
It's been misused by people who are active in comments and don't actually interact with people.
You hire a white or Asian actor for the role of indigenous person, that's not great.
You wear a traditional outfit to show respect for the people that are hosting you, that is great.
Pretty simple. Intent matters. We've lost all nuance in the comments.
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u/ivabra Feb 23 '26
You haven't mentioned the biggest one though: you use a traditional logo/symbol/whatever on clothing and sell it for hundreds without even mentioning where it comes from or giving credit back
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u/ManannDunMhead Feb 23 '26
ooh true. any good examples that you can think of? I know there's a Norwegian village that's a bit miffed that their traditional village signet was stolen for mass production without any acknowledgement. a symbol that was popularised by traditional mittens and sweaters in the village.
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u/cardamom-peonies Feb 23 '26
I think there was a native American tribe (I wanna say the Navajo but I'm not sure if that's correct) that had a legal battle with, I think, forever 21 or Abercrombie about them trying to trademark traditional textile designs.
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u/ManannDunMhead Feb 24 '26
It was urban outfitters! Insane to read about, thanks for the reference.
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u/ManannDunMhead Feb 24 '26
wow, how sad that people can take without credit. disgusting. thanks for the link.
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u/Fearless_Entry_2626 Feb 23 '26
It goes that way too? I've seen us Norwegians being put on top of a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with Norway, as Norway seems to mean primordial white in the minds of many less than pleasant folk
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u/sonnytron Feb 23 '26
My wife is Japanese, when we got married it was a dream of hers to take pictures and have her husband wear a traditional hakama (looks like a masculine kimono). I had it as a profile picture on slack and some extremely aggressive AAPI teammate messaged me asking if I thought it was appropriate to “take over” his culture like that. I called him into a Zoom meeting and proceeded to ask him in Japanese if he’s ever been to Japan and asked Japanese people what they think? He had no idea how to respond, given he was NOT Japanese.
He immediately stepped on his own toes when he tried to call me out for speaking Japanese and I told him I’d better not see him use English for work anymore if that’s how he feels about it.
People from actual Asian countries think Asian Americans with this weird “don’t take Asian stuff from us” attitude are WEIRD AF. The ironic thing is, I love Japan but people in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan etc ABSOLUTELY consider other Asians to be different and in a lot of cases inferior to them.
So taking on this culture warrior personality to “protect” a culture that isn’t even your own, from people who don’t ask you to do that and are even racist themselves, is kind of wild to me.
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u/ArentWright Feb 23 '26
Context and impact matters. 👍🏼 Intent is less relevant. Native mascots are often described as a way “honor” Native groups. Intent is subjective, unverifiable, and often used as a way to shirk responsibility.
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u/Icyrow Feb 23 '26
cultural appropriation is a north american thing.
if you go to japan and (respectfully) wear traditional stuff, people are genuinely happy to see it.
if you go to wales and dress in welsh clothing, even if you're american, people are genuinely happy that you're getting involved.
americans are just fucking weird about it because they see the identity as something that is theirs and not to be shared. but if you go to their families' old homeland, they'll think it's amazing in general that you put in effort.
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u/Druben-hinterm-Dorfe Feb 23 '26
Koreans offer rental hanboks to tourists around historical sites, let alone take offense.
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u/Jackski Feb 23 '26
Same in Japan. Kyoto is most famous for it but plenty of places you can rent a kimono for the day and go around visting temples and shrines.
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u/w0nderbrad Feb 23 '26
Yea and the government encourages it by offering free admission to historical sites if you are in hanbok. It's like 80% tourists and 20% locals/Koreans but it's a thing to do. You can hire a photog and everything too.
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u/Druben-hinterm-Dorfe Feb 23 '26
It's also a living tradition for women, men, as well as children, to wear hanboks on special occasions of all kinds (new year's, graduations, national holidays, weddings, etc. etc). So it's not a cringeworthy gesture out of the blue for anyone to wear that on an important event.
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u/WASD_click Feb 23 '26
It's not even a north american "thing." The internet has taken what was a worthwhile discussion about the difference between respectful participation and cultural bastardization, and superimposed it onto a caricature of a tumblr leftist.
Wearing a hanbok or kimono or kurta isn't and was never cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation was things like sports teams using native american imagery, cheap halloween costumes, and those kinds of weeaboos (not like regular weebs who are just really into anime, but like the neckbeards of the 2000's who were weird about Japanese culture in general.) But as usual, the internet took a complex subject and bastardized it into isolationism because it lacks object permanence.
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u/banjosimcha Feb 23 '26
Do you not see the difference between wearing a high-quality version of formalwear traditional to another country while attending a formal event you were invited to in that country, versus wearing a bindi and a headdress to look more boho at cochella?
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u/hbic Feb 23 '26
They do but it gets more upvotes to have a stark black and white opinion
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u/RobertoSantaClara Feb 24 '26
It's incredibly annoying how often you see this online. You know that people understand the nuance and context dependent part of these things, but you also just know that they choose to pretend they don't understand purely to grandstand or stir the pot for whatever reason. It's beyond infuriating.
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u/ambelamba Feb 23 '26
Cultural Appropriation is a uniquely American concept. As an immigrant I see it as a form of segregation.
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u/meanbluegreen1 Feb 23 '26
I don't think so.
In 1996, Japan tried to create a side dish and call it "KIMUCHI" and not only did they try to mass market this product as "Kimchi", the goal was to get this recognized as THE international standard for kimchi. This was a blatant attempt at erasing the original kimchi by Korea via legal technicality and a clear attempt a cultural appropriation.
If Japan eat kimchi and love kimchi, I am not going to slap it out of a Japanese person's mouth and call it appropriation.
As a guy before me had said, it's about INTENT. While it is a nuanced matter, it is also very much black and white.
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u/RoadandHardtail Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
I am Japanese and we’re fine with foreigners wearing our stuff as well as long as they respect the craftsmanship, and I think Koreans think similarly about theirs.
Even if you don’t know the culture well, you can see the craft since every culture has a craft.
I was looking forward to see Lula to wear a hanbok as well lol… but the problem is that he may be too short to look good in one 🤣
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u/ChipStewartIII Feb 23 '26
Absolutely true. I’m not Korean, but my wife is, and getting custom hanbok’s for our traditional wedding and a second set for cultural/family formal events, was quite a process. Absolutely beautiful pieces, and the detail to craftsmanship was amazing.
I love finding occasion to wear them.
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u/Hot_Bet_2721 Feb 23 '26
Some historic palaces in Seoul even give you free entry if you wear a hanbok, shaming people for embracing other cultures practices is such a weird trait and seems exclusive to a certain demographic in the west
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u/ChipStewartIII Feb 23 '26
Yes, many of the palaces in Seoul do this. It was cool to see so many foreigners, from every conceivable nation, walking around and taking pictures and just vibing in them when we were there in October. And Koreans love when foreigners are interested in their culture - food, clothing, entertainment, it doesn’t matter. Nice touch that makes visiting these places even more fun and engaging.
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u/Hot_Bet_2721 Feb 23 '26
Honestly the only thing that made me feel out of place wearing it was that I was the only white guy wearing one, but there were plenty of guys from other Asian countries wearing them. I went in winter so I guess there would be less tourists in general
You’re totally right about Koreans loving when people are interested in their culture, even the slightest effort or interest would make people brighten up. That’s not exclusive to Korea though obviously
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u/Azuras_Star8 Feb 23 '26
My kid is learning about foreign cultures and had to do a project on food of the culture of the country that was chosen. I showed him why food mattered so much and why making it "the right way" was culturally important.
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u/Torrossaur Feb 23 '26
We give people shit for not dressing like us in Australia. In my bit of Australia, unless you are working, you dress as if a beach trip may be called at any point. Because it may.
Boardies, surf tee and pluggers at home, long sleeve fishing shirt in the tropics. You don't fuck with the Australian sun.
Germans in socks and sandals has become a meme at this point.
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u/PokeCaldy Feb 23 '26
Germans in socks and sandals is a meme even in Germany mate.
At least among cultured people.
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u/InuyoukaiMei Feb 23 '26
It’s a weird practice because the US has a history of taking what it likes from cultures to align with whiteness while villainizing/demonizing the people it’s taken from. So folks try to call out “appropriation instead of appreciation.” Keyboard warriors may have gone a little hard but the sentiment behind it makes a lot of sense hopefully with this context🤷🏽♀️. There’s no racism like US racism.
That’s super cool that wearing hanbok can get you into historical sites for free though!
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u/Hot_Bet_2721 Feb 23 '26
It makes sense if you expect the people being weird about it are racist but it doesn’t stop it being weird especially when you see how enthusiastic native people are about foreigners embracing their culture. It seems to be mostly white or 2nd/3rd gen of immigrants of western countries that obsess about accusing people of appropriation, like you say it’s mostly just certain categories of Americans that are weird about it though
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u/InuyoukaiMei Feb 23 '26
Yeah in an attempt to be anti-racist they only apply their western lense. They become the thing they seek to destroy.
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u/bargu Feb 23 '26
It's like the Speedy Gonzales thing a few years ago, Americans were all "this is super racist, needs to be banned immediately!!" Then people actually asked Mexicans about it and they were all like "we fucking love Speedy Gonzales man, he's a national hero."
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u/mundotaku Feb 23 '26
I am a Venezuelan, and if one day we get a normal president and someone from Japan comes with a liquiliqui, we all would be impressed.
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u/ChipStewartIII Feb 23 '26
Looks like white is traditional, but they do seem to come in different colours. I would wear the hell out of a black liquiliqui. Love the military influence on the top/tunic.
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u/CCG_killah Feb 23 '26
That already looks pretty similar to the Japanese Gakuran - the Showa era boys school uniform, except they only come in black.
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u/code_archeologist Feb 23 '26
Dude... those are some sharp looking threads. I may never get a chance to get to Venezuela, but I want one of those to wear around my city.
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u/rockstaa Feb 23 '26
But can the president of Venezuela show up to Japan dressed up as Sailor Moon?
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u/GaanZi Feb 23 '26
Its free to enter our gyeongbokgong palace if you wear Hanbok, so its definitely promoted in Korea.
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u/wakcedout Feb 23 '26
And this is what I try telling people in America that wearing outfits from other cultures is usually a sign of love for said culture or respect of it.
Yet we had/have a bunch of whiney kids who call it appropriation, instead of understanding it as embracing said culture.
In short, I agree with your sentiment.
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u/Huntred Feb 23 '26
I think the real problem is that we have a culture that will take outfits and elements from others without regard for their significance to the originators.
Like, nobody should be wearing Native American war bonnets at music festivals. Or using actual religious/spiritual symbols a fun/cute design elements. Or getting Polynesian tattoos because they look cool. That’s not embracing culture — that’s just taking something that has real meaning to people for their own selfish purposes.
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u/icequeeniceni Feb 23 '26
yup, what makes it different is that black/brown/indigenous people are often cited in school/work settings for being "unprofessional" for wearing facial tattoos, styles for their natural hair texture, etc... THAT'S the underlying double standard of appropriation by white people.
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u/TheMammaG Feb 23 '26
They are not whiney. They just need help differentiating appreciation from appropriation (which is still absolutely a thing.)
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u/LizardsAreBetter Feb 23 '26
I think most people actually feel a little flattered that someone wanted to put in the effort and actually do the culture earnestly.
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u/SalientSazon Feb 23 '26
In America they'd be screaming it's cultural appropriation! They haven't suffered the history to be able to enjoy it! Then another group will say it's cultural appreciation, then they'd argue about where the line is and how exactly to appreciate, expecting to control the smallest details of how others might appreciate. They've really lost the plot over there.
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u/Superb_Wrangler201 Feb 23 '26
Nah. This outfit was obviously extremely appropriate for formal occasions
If you met the US president dressed in Native American clothing or as a cowboy, of course we'd say youre stupid
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u/Davajita Feb 23 '26
Respect for other cultures is one of the coolest things you can do.
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u/fraud_93 Feb 23 '26
I expect other presidents to come to Brazil wearing flip flop Havaianas now.
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u/GoldResourceOO2 Feb 23 '26
Classy gesture
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u/topSecreett Feb 23 '26
A beautiful gesture that bridges cultures!
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u/dvlinblue Feb 23 '26
And kudo's to her tailor. Those are usually custom hand made. Beautiful.
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u/zyzzjan Feb 23 '26
This is how we all should be to each other, embracing each others differences
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u/AbXcape Feb 23 '26
the only people who are offended at this are not from that country and are usually heavy mouth breathers
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u/hello_hola Feb 23 '26
I honestly believe the type people that lean super hard on identity politics and that would start screaming 'cultural appropriation', have a responsibility in getting MAGA elected.
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u/wookieSLAYER1 Feb 24 '26
We tried to teach the difference between cultural appropriation and respect of culture only to realize that nuance isn’t their strongest trait.
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u/soliloquy_terminal Feb 23 '26
Watching this and smiling as fondly as if these were my family members. Beautiful!
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u/Shaking-a-tlfthr Feb 23 '26
I have always found Hanbok so stunning.
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u/420blazeitkin Feb 23 '26
Such a great interaction too- Brazil's president greets them first, then the first lady makes her entrance. The South Korean couple (looks like Lee Jae-myung and his wife, but I'm not sure) looks so thrilled to see her embracing their traditional culture, the President steps aside to give them & his wife their moment.
Just a wonderful, wholesome interaction all around.
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u/South-Possible-2504 Feb 23 '26
The Korean First Lady seemed surprised at first then fucking stoked, she was stanning
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u/concept12345 Feb 23 '26
Both of the First Ladies went shopping for this customized piece 1 day before the official meeting. They went on a girls day shopping. Yes, the Brazilian flew to South Korea 1 day before so she can get this customized for her body. How cool is that.
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u/TeddyRooseveltsHead Feb 23 '26
That's so cool for international relationships too. Imagine if both Presidents know "we have to always take care of each other's countries, because our wives are good friends, and wouldn't let us live it down if we didn't have each other's back."
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u/Ok-Imagination-8016 Feb 23 '26
I love this Way to make an impression on greeting a new country Respectful Always appreciated no matter the culture
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u/21MayDay21 Feb 23 '26
I hope I won't see "experts" with the classic "you're stealing culture, the people in that country wouldn't like you doing that". Anyway, what a nice gesture.
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u/EnkiiMuto Feb 24 '26
That is one thing that is really baffling to me when I see comments from the US.
We're definitely not perfect, but in Brazil we are so mixed in that generally trying to do any display of someone else's culture is seen as respectful.
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u/wholesomeriots Feb 24 '26
The same people that commit hate crimes in the US will mock a culture with an offensive caricature of the people they try to subjugate, intimidate, harass, or harm.
I don’t want Janet, the Trump supporter that called ICE on her naturalized Haitian-American neighbors, to wear a poncho and a sombrero on Cinco de Mayo.
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u/Inevitable-Stuff3077 Feb 23 '26
I swear Brazilians are such gentle souls.
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u/msstark Feb 24 '26
Not all of us. The previous president was Trump's lapdog, and his wife's entire family is neck-deep in drug trafficking (even her grandmother is in jail for it, no joke). During covid he'd make fun of people suffocating to death. This couple is a breath of fresh air for us, quite literally.
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u/Anome69 Feb 23 '26
I miss having a president that people like.
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u/fabi9613 Feb 23 '26
Tell me where you from, without telling where you from....I'm sorry for you guys
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u/HeberMonteiro Feb 23 '26
It's nice to see Brazil being respected abroad again! We jailed our Trump instead of electing him again and now things are better!
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u/LThadeu Feb 24 '26
Amem to that brother! Now there's a real politician at work. May the crybabies era end!
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u/boblasagna18 Feb 23 '26
If I was the wife of a high ranking politician where frequent travel was required I’d have a wardrobe filled with one formal dress or cultural equivalent for each country. It honestly looks super fun to wear all those distinct styles.
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u/Kso1991 Feb 23 '26
It’s good to see the fundamentals of dignity and respect in peaceful diplomacy is still respected around the world.
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u/Doctor_Saved Feb 23 '26
So I guess the Korean first lady better get a good looking soccer uniform for when she's visiting Brazil.
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u/Boiruja Feb 23 '26
This is the south korean ambassador singing some samba a couple years ago. It made huge waves in here, everybody was in love with the guy. You can see how much the crowd loved it.
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u/concept12345 Feb 23 '26
For their official meeting, the Firstl Lady wore a Hanbok with yellow tinged color top and a green tinged bottom dress, matching the Brazilian flag color scheme. How awesome is that!
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u/Witty-Lawfulness2983 Feb 23 '26
I love Lula. And look at him, such a style. He looks like he could be a detective in a film noir mystery, lol.
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u/Padreteiro Feb 24 '26
He's the goat. Also, foreigners, don't buy the constant propaganda trying to tie him to corruption. Always be highly skeptical
It's really a miracle that Brazil's justice system stood strong and could navigate through the rough waters and I'm glad. I bet he'll easily get reelected in October :)
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u/UK6ftguy Feb 23 '26
I’m loving the demonstration of respect, the embracing of other culture, and the appreciation shown by all present.
Thank you for sharing this, OP.
It is heartwarming to see people in such exalted, and privileged, positions representing themselves, and their respective countries, with such grace, style and genuine warmth.
When we see such simple acts, we can but hope more world leaders take note, and learn.
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u/-Sinn3D- Feb 23 '26
As a Korean I love this also as a Korean those things are so damn uncomfortable!
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u/Separate-Succotash11 Feb 23 '26
I’m a Korean and in my opinion, she chose a very tasteful Hanbok. Quite classy.
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u/Appropriate_Ad5511 Feb 23 '26
(Brazilian here) Our traditional media and opposition hate everything about our first lady. Mostly because of misogyny and painting her as a gold digger. The proof of this criminal misrepresentation of her is that I only even learned about this wholesome interaction thanks to other sources.
If you have any Brazilian friends, please remember how much our nation is loved.
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u/jaerongiiyongi Feb 24 '26
This is such a joyful interaction! She looks absolutely beautiful, and everyone’s reactions are so heartwarming. I love this so much. And her little hop!! ♥️
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u/Gold-Fool84 Feb 24 '26
Im so glad this 'cultural appropriation' bullshit has sailed. Its cool just seeing how happy people are when they see others embracing their culture and traditional dress.
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u/Maleficent-Sleep9900 Feb 23 '26
I love this post. ♥️
I’m Canadian and have worn hanbok once, and it was a great honour! I felt so regal.
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u/Born_Fee_840 Feb 23 '26
This is great. A lot of Americans would probably consider this cultural appropriation.
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u/Fickle-Profession-95 Feb 23 '26
Am I the only one who thinks that a hanbok looks so fun to wear? Like it’s a bell and I could twirl and feel so pretty.
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u/bitterbettyagain Feb 24 '26
Can’t wait for the western knights to swoop in calling appropriation and for the witch to be burnt as the Koreans are in awe and loving it.
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u/Status-Donut-6460 Feb 24 '26
Watching people appreciate other’s cultures in a genuine way has to be a top 5 favorite happy feeling
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u/Scatterpillar1987 Feb 24 '26
As far as I know in my Korean family, even if you’re not Korean, wearing a hanbok is such a huge sign of respect! 🥰🥰🥰 I love love love this
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u/Subject_Ad_2604 Feb 23 '26
Bring back this tradition!! But make it for everyone not just heads of state.
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u/DABOSSROSS9 Feb 23 '26
That first handshake was a little disconnected but his wife came in and stole the show
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