Rare mud festival in Seoul

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Rare mud festival in Seoul

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Visitors at the festival played in 200 tonnes of the grey goo in mud.

22 July,2011 09:04 am

More than 130,000 visitors gathered in southeast Seoul to play in the mud for the citys 13th annual Mud Festival.Visitors at the festival played in 200 tonnes of the grey goo in mud wrestling pots, mud slides and mud baths. Mud festival ritual is same for all visitors which allow them to play in mud and get dirty. Visitors enjoyed the festival and found playing in mud very refreshing and rare experience. As men and women in muddy clothes wander the town, their skin identical shades of grey, some of the revelers also enjoy painting themselves with coloured mud.The festival attracted thousands of locals and foreigners. Last year the festival attracted about 260,000 visitors.