Korean slang profile
마라탕후루
maratanghuru
A challenge making shooting-like hand gestures to a song about malatang and tanghulu.
A challenge making shooting-like hand gestures to a song about malatang and tanghulu.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 마라탕후루 챌린지
- Earliest source found
- Dec 16, 2024
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
축제 무대에서 마라탕후루 챌린지를 같이 췄다.
We danced the 마라탕후루 challenge together on the festival stage.
02Documented history
- December 2024뉴시스 introduced the structure and examples of participation in the challenge that spread in 2024.[1]
03Origin & word formation
뉴시스 reported that the simple choreography of the song 마라탕후루, released in 2024, led to short-video participation. The food names themselves are distinguished from the song challenge’s usage.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 계엄부터 아파트까지…2024 밈·챌린지 총결산 (뉴시스)Published Dec 16, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026