Jeju Fire Festival, festival yang sangat unik dan khas dari pulau jeju pada saat musim dingin tiba

 

Held annually to celebrate the first full moon in the Korean calendar, this festival is a must-visit, Korea does have a million festivals that are ready to present you all about Korea. As a country that highly values ​​tradition, every year various ceremonies are carried out by all Korean people. One of them is celebrating the first full moon in the Korean calendar, in Korean itself it is more often called Jeongwol Daeboreum.

Jeju Fire Festival is a representative cutural festival related to Jeju's culture of livestock care. In the past, the village fields would be burned between late winter and early spring in order to prepare the fields for a new harvest, as well as kill any pests in the soil. While this practice is no longer used in modern times, the festival is still held to remember and celebrate the culture. Various folk games and hands-on programs are available throughout the festival period.

South Korean people also regularly hold the Jeju Fire Festival every year to welcome the new year. The hope is that this festival can be their prayer for them to stay healthy and prosperous.

The main focus in this festival is praying to gods for good luck and health. The festival opens with the burning of the Daljib, a wooden structure built year-round on the hill. The highlight of the festival is burning the entire wooden structure, creating a huge fire that will light up Jeju's sky.

The festival, which is held for four days and starts on the first Thursday of March, is one of Jeju's winter attractions not to be missed. In addition to welcoming the new year, this festival is also a form of South Korean people's efforts to revive agricultural traditions by ceremonial burning of fields to welcome spring.

What is unique about this festival besides the main events and rituals is that for men you can test your strength here. In the past, Korea had a unique ritual to measure male maturity, namely a ritual called Deumdol. In this ritual you have to lift a stone weighing 130 kg and carry it around, whoever can carry it the farthest will be considered the strongest.

This tradition was reinstated by burning the entire side of the mountain. Visitors who come can experience the life of South Korean farmers, including traditional wedding ceremonies at the festival.

The festival will include a series of events such as musical performances, competitions, and practical activities for the whole family, including a folk market as well as a special cultural program aimed at tourists from outside Korea.





Source : https://kumparan.com/kumparantravel/6-festival-musim-dingin-seru-di-korea-selatan-1sPxQDgYlMw/full  , https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_2_1.jsp?cid=697232

 

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