On the Full Moon Day, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the year, the Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival is held in order to pray for a healthy year and good fortune. Visitors to the festival can experience the traditional lifestyle and practices of Korea’s farmers. Long ago Jeju farmers would set fire to their fields, so that the harmful bugs would be chased away, and their cows could then eat the grass. In this festival this practice is revived, and visitors get to experience setting pheasants free, traditional wedding ceremonies, and much more.
This fire setting is called "Deulbul-noki” (‘setting a fire to the field,’ Bangae). The Jeongwol Daeboreum Deulbul Festival has developed the old customs of Jeju to fit to the modern lifestyle.
○ Period: Friday, February 26 - Sunday, February 28, 2010
○ Venue: Saebyeol-Oreum (on Pyeonghwa-ro), Bongseong-Ri, Aewol-Eup, Jeju
○ Theme: "Jeju: Peace and Prosperity, Peaceful Well-Being and Happiness”
○ Contact:
- Korea Travel Phone +82-64-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
- For more info +82-64-728-2751~4 (Korean)
○ Official Website: http://buriburi.go.kr/foreign/eng/htmls/main.htm (English, Japanese, Chinese)
○ How to get there :
-The Jeju-si will prepare special countermeasures of traffics and transportations for the convenience of people visiting the festival. The Jeju-si will operate transportations such as the limousine airport bus (airport→festival place→Seogwipo Kal Hotel) and the cross-country bus every 10 ~20 min. under the goal of attracting 150 thousand visitors to the festival.
Approximately 100 staffs for traffic order will be disposed in the parking lot near the festival that has a capacity to accommodate 10 thousand cars . Also, 6 exits will be prepared at the entrance passage for smooth traffic.
○ Fun activities:
-Torchlight March
-Straw Rope Making Competition
-Deumdol Lifting
-Setting Fire to the Oreum
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1 comments:
The fireworks looks really fancy!
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