Hamjinabi involves a friend of the groom carrying a chest of gifts (ham,or 함) on his back to the house of the bride’s family, along with a dried squid mask to hide his identity and avoid evil spirits. The box must never touch the floor, and is eventually placed on top of a big pan of red bean rice cake.
Other friends travel with the hamjinabi on the way to the house,
also wearing squid masks. Before entering the house, however, the group must step on a wooden ladle, breaking it to scare the last of the ghosts away and to wish that the first born child of the bride and groom is a boy.
