For those interested, the Boryeong Mud Festival is coming up:
An annual international mud festival will open in the South Korean city of Boryeong later this week under the slogan of “Let’s Go to Boryeong and Play with Mud!,” an official on the event’s organizing committee said Wednesday.
“The 2017 Boryeong Mud Festival will open for a 10-day run at Daecheon Beach in the namesake city, 190km south of Seoul, on Friday,” the official said.
Launched in 1998, the festival has developed into a top international summer event with its mud flats attracting many tourists from around the world. Rich in minerals, the mud is used in manufacturing cosmetics.
This year, the unique festival will present a total of 57 programs, ranging from bathing in a massive mud tub to mud massages, a mud photo contest, a marathon on the mud flats, a mud sliding competition, street parades and K-pop concerts, the official said. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link.
Mud-covered New Zealand’s Ambassador to South Korea Clare Fearnley (C) pretends to be trapped inside a mud prison at the Daecheon Beach Mud Plaza in the city of Boryeong on South Korea’s west coast on July 22, 2016, as she takes part in the Boryeong Mud Festival, which opened on July 16 and will run through July 24. Boryeong mud is rich in natural minerals and is known to prevent skin aging. (Yonhap)
Mud-covered tourists pose for a photo at the Daecheon Beach Mud Plaza in Boryeong on South Korea’s west coast on July 15, 2016, as the annual Boryeong Mud Festival opened the same day for a run till July 24. Boryeong mud is rich in minerals and is known to help prevent skin aging. (Yonhap)
Immerse yourself in nutrient-rich #mud at the spirited #Boryeong #MudFestival
😆💨 https://t.co/12bXednsrH #Korea pic.twitter.com/aqaFXlbVKr— Korea Tourism Organization London (@KTOLondon) July 11, 2016
Mud-covered tourists frolic at the Daecheon Beach Mud Plaza in the city of Boryeong on South Korea’s west coast on July 17, 2015, as they take part in the Boryeong Mud Festival, which opened that day and will run through July 26. Boryeong mud is rich in natural minerals and is known to prevent skin aging, among others. (Yonhap)
