- Title: Revellers dance, splash in sludge at South Korea's annual mud festival
- Date: 21st July 2017
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 26-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN VISITOR, HANNAH KIM, SAYING: "We've been planning to visit this mud festival for two weeks. We've never been here before. All of us have jobs now, so we took a summer vacation (so that we can come here). My younger brother works in New Zealand, so he also took a holiday and came to Korea. This is our family's first time to be here and we are enjoying our holiday a lot. Please come! The Mud Festival is the best!" PEOPLE CLIMBING ONTO A BEAM ON A BOUNCY CASTLE AND HITTING EACH OTHER WITH TUBES AS PART OF GAME MAN AND WOMAN HITTING EACH OTHER WITH TUBES MAN AND WOMAN FALLING OFF BEAM WOMAN POURING BUCKET OF MUD OVER MAN (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) BORYEONG CITY MAYOR, KIM DONG-IL, SAYING: "We are going to have a happy festival that has more visitors from all over the world able to come and visit and enjoy falling and rolling in mud." PEOPLE WALKING INTO A "MUD PRISON" PEOPLE SCOOPING MUD OUT OF BUCKETS VARIOUS OF STAFFS THROWING MUD OVER PEOPLE IN MUD PRISON TWO MEN COVERED IN MUD GIVING THUMBS UP PEOPLE COVERED IN MUD LAUGHING, WAVING, DANCING
- Embargoed: 4th August 2017 19:24
- Keywords: South Korea mud festival Boryeong South Korean mud festival
- Location: BORYEONG, SOUTH KOREA
- City: BORYEONG, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA0056QNTNQ1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: South Korea's annual mud festival kicked off on Friday (July 21) in the coastal city of Boryeong, located about 190km (120 miles) south-west of Seoul.
Thousands of people flocked to the venue ready to get wet and messy at the city's 20th Mud Festival, which attracted about four million revellers including 439,000 foreigners last year, according to event organisers.
People enjoyed jumping down mud slides and playing in an abundance of grayish, watery goo in mud wrestling pits and mud prisons.
The festival will continue until July 30. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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