| |
Find More Events
Type City Or Country Name
|
|
|
Boryeong Mud Festival
|
When:
Annually mid July (2009 TBC)
Where: Boryeong in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
|
Boryeong is located in South Chungcheong region near the Yellow Sea in South Korea. It holds, since 1999, once a year in mid July the Boryeong Mud Festival.
The festival is known as one of the marvelous summer festivals of Korea. It attracts mass of tourists and local residents of all ages and nationality.
During the festival days, the quit city turned into a joyful and lively city. Thousands visitors enjoy the various shows, colorful street parade with bands, dancers, jugglers, etc... The funny atmosphere is created when all the audience is smeared with gray mud and participates in diverse contests.
In the evening, music events are held and in the background the shooting of the fireworks that colors the sky is heard.
According to the organizers of the festival, the mud has curing and cosmetic values so the mud spread is good for health as well as for the soul.
Lot of activities is offered to the public. The children can enjoy mud baths activities, painting with mud, etc... The adults can enjoy mud massages, mud wrestling, mud painting etc...
In any case, no one of the thousands visitors can remain clean. It is recommended to bring extra clean cloths.
|
Watch Video:
|
|
|
|
IMPORTANT:
Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
|
Event related information:
| Links: |
Korea Tourism Organizatio
|
| |
|
|
Contact:
|
Korea Travel
Phone: +82-64-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
For more information: +82-64-728-2894(Korean)
Fax: +82-64-741-0554
|
|
| |
|
| Admission fee: |
Various |
|
Online hotel reservations:
Country background and overview:
Korea was an independent kingdom for much of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a Republic of Korea (ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a Communist-style government was installed in the north (the DPRK). During the Korean War (1950-53), US troops and UN forces fought alongside soldiers from the ROK to defend South Korea from DPRK attacks supported by China and the Soviet Union. An armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 14 times the level of North Korea. In 1993, KIM Yo'ng-sam became South Korea's first civilian president following 32 years of military rule. South Korea today is a fully functioning modern democracy. In June 2000, a historic first North-South summit took place between the South's President KIM Dae-jung and the North's leader KIM Jong Il.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
|
|
|
 Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. |
Languages:
Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school. |
Climate:
Temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter. |
Capital:
Seoul |
Time Zone:
UTC+9 |
Currency (code):
South Korean won (KRW) |
Call Code:
+82 |
Electric Power:
220v 60Hz |
Tourist office:
Korea National Tourism Organization
40, Cheongyecheonno,
Jung-gu, Seoul 100-180
Phone : +82 02-1330 or 02-729-9497 Fax :+82 02-319-0086 |
Tourist website:
Click Here |
|
