Boryeong Mud Festival
boryeong mud festival annual festival take place summer daecheon beach 대천해수욕장 near boryeong 보령시 town km south seoul south korea first mud festival staged festival attracted million visitor boryeong mud taken boryeong mud flat trucked daecheon beach area used centrepiece mud experience land mud considered rich mineral used manufacture cosmetic festival originally conceived marketing vehicle boryeong mud cosmetic although festival take place period around two week famous final weekend popular korea western population final weekend festival usually second weekend july mud flat getbol daecheons mud flat getbol made beach unappealing tourist — although important migrating bird fauna time around beginning boryeongs coal mine closed important part region economy plumeted closure mayor daecheon park sangdon inspired movie scene showing couple enjoying mud bath saw possible boost local economy turning around mud flat poor reputation also came across study mud korean beach jaebek kim pharmacy professor wonkwang university demonstrated mud boryeong mud flat particularly rich bentonite germanium beneficial skin daecheon natural mud massage house boryeongs first tourist business opened july kim hakhyun elected mayor june september grand prize korea national business competition attributed boryeong mud mask project new mayor pushed development type mud cosmetic little commercial success product mostly unknown period culture tourism department boryeong required research improve boryeongs manse cultural festival one five annual festival held locally jeong kanghwan 정강환 professor pai chai university first one propose festival focusing mud — originally somehow linked manse cultural festival — way attract tourist spread awareness mud product first boryeong mud festival held daecheon beach july success exceeded expectation since reached international recognition visitor world period festival several large attraction erected seafront area daecheon include mud pool mud slide mud prison mud skiing competition ticketed event ticket purchased online venue colored mud also produced body painting large stage erected beach used live music competition various visual attraction mud barbecue added small market run along seafront selling cosmetic made using mud boryeong various health beauty clinic offer massage acupuncture treatment utilising medicinal quality mud festival end large firework display boryeong mud festival facebookcom boryeong mud festival english boryeongmudfestivalcom boryeong mud festival english mudfestivalorkr boryeong mud festival english webarchiveorgmudfestivalorkr city boryeong site archived original additional information korea festival boryeong webarchiveorgworknplaycokrboryeongmudfestival archived original craziest play boryeong mud festival korea reopen year k hdr youtubecom video seoul walker boryeong mud festival back full scale first time since youtubecom video transcription talk video description arirang news