Boryeong Mud Festival

Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual festival held in summer that attracts the largest number of foreigners out of the many festivals in Korea.

It's possible to enjoy mud wrestling, mud sliding, swimming in the mud etc. and there is music and fireworks in the evening.

The mud here is nutrient-rich so is good for your skin which is why it is possible to buy mud cosmetics.

http://www.mudfestival.or.kr/

K-Style Hub + Chunggyechun

K-Style Hub is located inside Seoul’s tourism information centre and has exhibition and experience halls. I think the most popular thing in the centre was the free hanbok (Korean traditional clothing) experience.

 

These are photos of hangari (pots, crocks) that are able to “breathe”so are good for fermentation.

Right outside the centre is Chunggyechun (a stream in the centre of Seoul).

Lotte World

This amusement park in Seoul has rides both indoors and outdoors which meant that I was able to go on rides although it rained. Another interesting thing is that there are apartments and tall buildings surrounding the place. 

 

 

"Culture Day"

The last Wednesday of every month is “Culture Day” in Korea. Participating museums, galleries and cultural sites offer free/discounted admission. Tickets for some performances, sporting events and movies are also either free or discounted on this day.
 
On the last Wednesday of June I went to a performance by Kim Duk-Soo’s Samulnori Hanullim Art Troupe for free at Gwanghwamun Art Hall.

On the way to the art hall was the Seoul City Wall (Historic Site No. 10), which follows the ridges of the four main mountains surrounding the centre of Seoul. The wall was initially constructed in 1396 and served as a city wall for the longest time among the existing walls in the world. (http://seoulcitywall.seoul.go.kr/)

No photos were allowed during the performance so I took a photo+short video of the encore stage where everyone got together and had fun. I didn’t know Korean traditional music would be this interesting and I did not know that they held performances in so many different countries.