2001 Korean Cultural Festivals


 

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The 9th Daegwallyeong Snow Festival    Jan. 10 ~ Jan. 14

Venue

Hoenggye-ri, Doam-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun,
Gangwon-do Province

Main
Event

Mt. Hwangbyeongsan hunting game, snow sculpture tournament, traditional sledding tournament, snowman
building contest, residents skiing competition, traditional
folk play, fireworks exhibition, potato roast

 

Mt. Hallasan Snowflake Festival 2001    Jan. 13 ~ Jan. 21

Venue

Around Eorimok Plaza, Jeju-do Province

Main
Event

Climbing Mt. Hallasan's summit, revival of elderly men's traditional Jeju folk drama, sledding site. climbing a dormant parasitic volcano, snow survival game, Jeju folk performances, ski classes.

 

Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival    Feb. 3 ~ Feb. 4

Venue

Bongseong-ri, Aewol-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do

Main
Event

Traditions and customs of the Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival including firestone making, Oreum climbing, Malsarang-ssaumnori, firework, setting on fire to Saebyeol Oreum, celebration of a good harvest, Jwibulnori and many others.

 

Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival 2001    Mar. 24 ~ Mar. 28

Venue

Riverside in Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Main
Event

Bullfighting tournament classified by weight, Korea-Japan goodwill bullfighting match, Korean bull rodeo contest, Cheong-do bull fighting photograph contest and exhibition, heifer beauty contest, traditional market

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Korean Traditional Drink and Cake Festival 2001    Mar. 30 ~ Apr. 4

Venue

Bomun Lake Resort, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Main
Event

Traditional alcoholic beverages and rice cakes demonstration and tasting, exhibition of beverage and rice cake production utensils, traditional food exhibition of Korean sister countries China and Japan, Silla national music performance, rice cake slicing contest, rice cake dough making demonstration, rice cake D.I.Y corner.

 

Wang-in Culture Festival 2001    Apr. 7 ~ Apr. 10

Venue

Historical site of Dr. Wang-In, Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do Province

Main
Event

Experience dopoje tug-of-war, 250-step thousand-characters text contest, revival of Baekje ssireum wrestling, memorial rite for Doctor Wang-in, inquiry course for Wang-in's "path of learning", Wang-in look-alike contest, exhibition of Asuka culture

 

The 12th Ramie Fabric Cultrual Festival    May. 1 ~ May. 6

Venue

Around Hansan Ramie Museum, Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do Province

Main
Event

Ramie daybreak market, exhibition of ramie clothes and traditional Korean clothes, trying on ramie clothes, ramie fashion show, ramie fashion designs exhibition, ramie cloth design contest, ramie weaving demonstration and classes

 

The 71st Chunhyang Festival    May 4 ~ May 9

Venue

Gwanghanru Pavilion & Chunhyang Cultural Hall, Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do Province

Main
Event

Paying respects at Chunhyang's tomb, memorial ceremony for Chunhyang, costume parade featuring Chunhyang's life story, national folk music performance, Chunhyang music, love letter writing. Chunhyang pansori performance, national archery contest, Namwon wooden dish festival, Chunhyang beauty contest

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Daegu Yak-Ryeong-Si Festival 2001    May 15 ~ May 24

Venue

Yakryeongsi Exhibition Hall, The medicinal herb market in Daegu

Main
Event

Planting a medicinal herb garden; wild plants exposition; various competitions including collecting, proper naming, speed-chopping of medicinal plants; samplings of medicinal teas, liquors and rice cake; free-of-charge Oriental medical diagnosis and treatment, and lectures; showcase of the (Yangyeongsi / Yak-Ryeong-Si) Medicinal Herb Garden; etc.

 

The 24th Jindo Yeongdeung Festival    May 22 ~ May 25

Venue

Hoedong-ri,Gogun-myeon to Modo-ri, Uisin-myeon

Main
Event

Sea parting, Yeongdeungsalpuri; a shaman rite to exercise evil spirits, Dasiraegi; the mourner's entertainment performed the night before a burial, Ganggangsuwollae;a circle dance chorus of girls or women, Namdo Deullorae; farming songs of Jindo region, Namdo Manga; pall-bearers dirge, ship parade, Jindo dog show

 

The 6th Hadong Mountain Dew Tea (wild greea tea) Cultural Festival
May 24 ~ May 27

Venue

Hwagae-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do Province

Main
Event

Pick your own tea leaves, tea making demonstration, green tea sampling, lodging at a private wild tea farmhouse, tea ceremony at tea cultivation area, annual best-tea contest, wild tea international learning semina

 

Chuncheon International Mime Festival     May 30 ~ June 3

Venue

Around Chuncheon-si

Main
Event

Gilnori (street parade), performances by theater groups in and out of country, street performances, various performances, goblin plays, mime workshop.

 

The 5th Muju Firefly Festival    Jun. 16 ~ Jun. 20

Venue

The whole area of Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do Province

Main
Event

Prayer festival for firefly prosperity, mysterious exploration of lightning bugs, release of daseulgi (food for the firefly larva), firefly lectures, ecology photograph exhibition, environmental speech contest, drawing contest, writing contest

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