Hi PPL!

I'm a staff of Dano Festival what would open on May, 31th Friday at Yeongdeungpo Park (영등포공원).

Dano Festival is Korea traditional festival.

It would be really fun! You can learn about korean culture with fun.

I will help you to understand, Cause I would transelate for foreigners.

It will start from 2p.m. till 9p.m.

so you can come anytime!

The YoungDeunpo Subway Station exit 2 or 4!

Let me add about 'Dano'

Dano, also called Surit-nal, is a Korean holiday that falls on the 5th day of the fifth month of the lunar Korean calendar. It is an official holiday in North Korea. It is one of the major traditional holidays in South Korea, designated by UNESCO as one of the "Masterpieces of Intangible Heritage." ^[1]

In Korea, it developed with significant differences from the Chinese festival, even though China has Double Fifth festival or Dragon Boat Festival. ^[2]

In the Mahan confederacy of ancient Korea, this was a day of spritual rites, and enjoyment with song, dance, and wine. Traditionally, women washed their hair in water boiled with iris (changpo (창포)),^[3] believed to make one's hair shiny. People wore blue and red clothes and dyed hairpins red with the iris roots. Men wore iris roots around their waist to ward of evil spirits. Herbs wet with dew on this morning were said to heal stomachaches and wounds. Traditional foods include surichitteok, ssuktteok, and other herb rice cakes. ^[4]

The persisting folk games of Dano are the swing and ssireum (씨름). The swing was a game played by women, while ssireum was a wrestling match among men. In addition, mask dance used to be popular among peasants due to its penchant for satirical lyrics flouting local aristocrats.