Boryeong Mud Festival
Date: July 18th - July 27th

How does the sleepy little beach town Boryeong attract millions of people to it’s shore every year? The secret is in the mud. An annual festival celebrating the benefits of mud cosmetics has brought this city to the world stage. Every summer millions of people flock to Boryeong city swelling the town’s population of a scant 100,000 to millions.

The annual Boryeong mud festival helps bolster the local economy and there is constant construction. Each year the number of attendees grows and the beach front develops. Using mud gathered from the pure plain near Daecheon beach the city invented seven different kinds of cosmetics. The mud is high in Germanium and Bentonite which provide significant benefits to the human body. Time and again the quality of the mud cosmetics have been proven by prominent research institutions, including: Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology.

In 1998, the festival started as a platform to bring awareness to the public of the quality of Boryeong mud cosmetics, and the many local sightseeing destinations. This tiny local festival has come of age and has grown into a world event, easily one of South Korea’s biggest festivals. Every July, the beach from end to end becomes obscured by the sheer number of festival goers.

 

 

 

Daegu International Bodypainting Festival
Date: August 30^th – 31^th

A fantastic event of world's best bodypainting artists. Congratulatory performances by top singers and a spectacular fireworks show. Diverse performances - music, dance and magic tricks - performed each day. Unique painting experience for visitors. Free facepainting and nail art services

Once a year, in Duryu Park (Which is in Daegu) artists from all over the world including: China, Japan, Korea and America come here for this two day event. There are two categories, the first is body-painting and the second is fantasy make-up. The best part about this amazing festival is that it is completely free. From walking around the open tents, where you can see the artists sketching the outlines and then painting the models, to the staged show, which is several hours long, to the award ceremony and fireworks - you don’t pay a cent (or Korean Won as the case is here). The prizes for the winning artists are quite generous too, with first place worth nearly $10,000 or €7,500, so the fact that there is no entry fee for visitors is amazing!