Boseong-gun Hosts 'Beolgyo Cockle Festival'

Festival Held After 3 Years... Come Taste 'Kkomak'!

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that the "19th Beolgyo Cockle Festival" will be held for three days from November 4 to November 6 along the Beolgyo Stream and the Beolgyo Traditional Market public parking lot area.

Held for the first time in three years, this Beolgyo Cockle Festival will be under the theme "Treasure of the Clean Mudflats, Cockles! In Love with Beolgyo." Various and abundant event programs have been prepared, including a ritual to appease spirits, a cockle song contest, a cockle bibimbap sharing event, and a free cockle tasting session.

On the first day of the festival, November 4, there will be an opening parade, performances by local artists, a cockle singing contest, and a cockle traditional yutnori (Korean traditional board game) event.

On the second day, November 5, the Boseong Chaedongseon Choir will perform, 1,000 servings of cockle bibimbap will be made, and the "23rd Townspeople's Day Ceremony" will be held along with the "19th Beolgyo Cockle Festival Opening Ceremony." A celebratory show featuring famous singers and a fireworks show are also scheduled.

The final day, November 6, will conclude the festival with a fusion gugak (traditional Korean music) performance by Boseong Sori, a cockle shelling contest, a wheeled plank boat race, a youth talent contest, and a community gathering event.

In particular, the celebratory show held with the opening ceremony on November 5 will feature well-known domestic singers such as Song Dae-gwan, Kim Seong-hwan, Bae Il-ho, Choi Yuna, and Woo Yeon. After the opening ceremony, a spectacular fireworks show will take place to further heat up the festival atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Beolgyo-eup in Boseong-gun, where the cockle festival is held, is recognized as the main setting of the epic novel Taebaek Mountain Range and is considered the number one destination for literary travel in South Korea. It is also the hometown of the national folk musician Chaedongseon, making it a region where history and culture breathe as a town of artistic elegance.

Additionally, it is the main production area of cockles, accounting for more than 70% of the national cockle production. It is home to Beolgyo Cockles, the first seafood geographical indication, Boseong Bbaelbae fishery designated as the second national important fishery heritage, and the Boseong Beolgyo mudflats registered as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site.

Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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