Tuesday, February 23, 2010

February Festival - Jeju Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival - Video



Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS28Aoa56Yw

February Festival - Jeju Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival


The Jeju Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival has kept alive the culture of Jeju cattle breeding, bringing it up to date for the current lifestyle.

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

January Festival - The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival-Video



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January Festival - The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival



The Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival annually takes place in Hwacheon in Gangwon province. This virtually untouched region is known as the first area in Korea that freezes over in winter, and the river is covered with a thick layer of ice.


Visitors can try out ice fishing, and those who are feeling brave can try to catch mountain trout with their bare hands. As well as fun activities and performances, there is also an exhibition of ice sculptures that took 20 weeks to prepare. Visitors can sample raw and grilled mountain trout, both of which are delicious.





○ Period :  Saturdays and Sundays in January of every year

○ Venue : Hwacheongang riverside and neighboring areas

○ Contact : Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival Information Center ☎ 1688-3005(if in Korea)

○ For Tourist Information Call: +82-33-1330

○ Official website : http://www.narafestival.com (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

○ How to get there :

- From Dong Seoul Terminal, take a bus to Hwacheon. (First bus: 06:15, Last bus: 19:15 starts every hour, takes about 2hrs and 40 min. fare: KRW12,600)
 - Get off the bus at Hwacheon Bus Terminal. The festival venue is around 10 minutes walk from Hwacheon Bus Terminal.

○Fun activities:
- Sancheoneo Ice Fishing
- Catch Sancheoneo With Your Bare Hands
- Trying out the Trout
- Asia Ice Lights Square
- World Winter City Square