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Korea Festivals & Events { November 2009 }

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November 2009

• Seogwipo Bangeo Fish Festival: 6 - 15 Nov 2009
  Venue: Seogwipo-si Daejeong-eup Hamo-ri Moseulpohang
  
  This popular festival is held every year in November at Moseulpo Port, the southernmost region of Jeju-do Island. It celebrates the ‘Bangeo Fish (yellowtail)', which is largely caught in this area. The meat of ‘bangeo fish (yellowtail)' is chewy and tender, and so it is very popular served raw. It is also used in a variety of other dishes. Visitors can enjoy fresh bangeo at the festival and then pack some up to take home.
  
  Visitors can also try fishing and also sample some of Jeju's other specialty foods such as heukdweji-gogigui (grilled wild boar meat), galchijorim (cutlass fish boiled in soy sauce with spices), and more. Don't forget to admire the beautiful natural sceneries near the festival grounds and explore some of the many popular tourist attractions in Jeju.
  
  
  
  
  
• Ganghwa Dolmen Culture Festival: 14 - 15 Nov 2009
  Venue: Dolmen Plaza and the whole area of Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon
  
  Ganghwa where ‘Ganghwa Dolmen Culture Festival' is held is one of Korea's most famous tourist spots because of its beautiful natural surroundings including the tidal flat lying in the southernmost part of Mt. Mani which is one of the world's top five tidal flats, and Mt. Mani which is one of the Korea's nicest mountains.
  
  In Ganghwa, there are Ganghwa Dolmens designated as National Treasure in UNESCO's Memory of the world, and the Ganghwa Dolmen Culture Festival is held every year. The Ganghwa Dolmen Culture Festival has gained popularity through its various performances and exhibitions based on its theme of primitive age and unique programs in which visitors can experience the primitive age. Especially in autumn when the festival is held, the beautiful sights of Ganghwa can be fully enjoyed where a lot of visitors gather to celebrate the festival and do some sightseeing.
  
  In addition, Ganghwa Dolmen Culture Park, the main venue of the festival, is a famous tourist spot where a museum of prehistoric relics and an outdoor exhibition hall displaying various model dolmens around the world are located.
  
  
  
  
• Ceramics Festival of Gimhae: 23 Oct - 1 Nov 2009
  Venue: Jillye-myeon Songjeong-ri
  
  'Buncheongsagi (a grayish-blue-powdered celadon)' is a type of ceramic ware used during the 15th and 16th Centuries, during the transition period from Cheongja (green celadon porcelain) to Baekja (white porcelain). This Korean-style ceramic ware has received high acclaim for the simplicity of its beauty. This festival takes place in October every year in Gimhae, Korea's most famous ceramic village.
  
  This festival sells this special ceramic ware, such as tea cups, made in the traditional methods with discounts of up to 30 to 40%. Visitors can also watch the ceramicists making ‘Buncheongsagi'. Furthermore, there are other programs that allow you to make your own ceramics or even write and draw your own artistic imprints on ceramics.
  
  
  
  
• Gwangju Kimchi Festival: 23 Oct - 1 Nov 2009
  Venue: Gwangju Buk-gu Yongbong-dong Jungoe park
  
  The Gwangju region is the agricultural heartland of Korea and is known as “home of the delicacies”. It has been producing rice and other agricultural products on its wide open plains since long ago, and gets plenty of seafood from the Seohae and Namhae oceans. Due to the area's abundance of fresh ingredients, it's believed to produce some of the best tasting dishes in Korea.
  
  The Gwangju Kimchi Festival celebrates what could be called Korea's ‘National' food, kimchi. There is a sampling corner, a buffet of kimchi and various complimentary dishes, and visitors can even learn how to make kimchi. This popular festival is a must for visitors who are interested in Korea's traditional foods.

• Paju Jangdan Soybean Festival: 20 - 22 Nov 2009
  Venue: Gyeonggi-do Paju-si Munsan-eup Imjingak Plaza
  
  The theme of this festival is ‘soybeans', a health food that has long been popular in Korea. In particular, the ‘Jangdan Soybeans' produced in the Paju province have always been highly regarded for their taste and outstanding nutritional value and were even served to the king. Furthermore, in the early 20th Century, the “Jangdan Soybeans' were designated as the most superior soybeans in Korea and were distributed throughout the country.
  
  During the festival visitors can taste the soybeans and learn how to make dishes made from soybeans including tteok (rice cakes), tofu, and preserved soybeans.

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