Good Luck Ceremony

Take a look at the front steps of the building I teach in at school. Notice there's a table with a pig's head and some other stuff on it. Yesterday and today this stuff was set up; along with it came an MC, and a bunch of students sitting in front cheering from time to time or taking turns coming up and bowing deeply before the table. Accompanying this were a few musicians banging away on traditional instruments. My middle school students seemed surprised when I told them that we don't do this sort of stuff in Canada. They also informed me that this kind of ceremony is performed for events such as the purchase of a new car or home. In Korean it's called 'go-sa' (고사), and is a kind of offering to the spirits which is meant to bring good luck.