IanMud Festival in South Korea
July 31st 2009 07:23
Boryeong Mud Festival
The annual mud festival, held at Daecheon Beach in July in the town of Boryeong, South Korea is now in its 12th year. The festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and a mud king contest. These images and information from the 2009 event were sourced from the Chicago Tribune.
Participants enjoying the mud
The mud is considered rich in minerals and used to manufacture cosmetics.
Asian tourists make themselves up with color mud
The mud is dug up near Boryeong, trucked to the Daecheon beach area, and dumped at a 'Mud Experience Land'.
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