Blackpink is the Revolution

Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie and Rose, surely you are already familiar with these names. They are members of a vocal group called Blackpink from South Korea. There is one other unique thing from their country which is interesting to discuss besides the music, that is the Naming Tradition.

Naming in their country uses clans (just like some local customs in Indonesia). Unlike Indonesia, they put the name of the clan as their first name, followed by Given’s name as the nickname. Like Kim Jisoo, it means that she is from a Kim family or surnamed Kim. The aim is to maintain their family tree. With the use of the clan, Koreans can trace who he or she comes from.

Well, what if women get married, will they use the husband's clan? in Korea, even if the marriage, the family clan that the woman carried also did not change.

For example, Pranpriya Manoban (Lisa) is married to a man with a surname Park, they don't necessarily add the name Park in front of her name. Lisa will still use her real name.

This also happens not only in South Korea but in North Korea too. So if I marry Lisa, do you think she is gonna put my surname as her first name? I don't think so, because I don't have surname (hehehehe😂😂).

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