[MANNAM] The Five Cardinal Colors of Korean Food

Hi, MANNAM International friends! Do you like Korean Food? How do you describe Korean food using only one word? You may say “delicious”, “spicy”, or “hot”. If I describe Korean Food with one word, I will choose “colorful”.

Look at the photos above. Do they look delicious? They are three different kinds of Korean Food — “Jeon”, “Kim-bab”, and “Bi-bim-bab”. In each photo, you can find yellow, green, white, red and black. Yellow, white, red, black, and blue are called Korean five cardinal colors.

From the three kinds of colorful Korean Food, we can see Koreans ideas of “What looks good tastes good.” By adding different colored vegetables, Koreans improve not only the nutritional value of food, but also the appearance the dishes.

As Korean Food, MANNAM International Volunteer Association is also colorful. Why MANNAM International is colorful? One may say, “Because we have a wide variety of races, nationalities, languages, religions, and cultures.” Yes. That’s the answer. As members of a colorful volunteer association, let’s unite our hearts and efforts to make a more harmonious world through our volunteerism and peace campaign.