"May Everyone Be Happy" Gimhae City, 2024 Jeongwol Daeboreum Jisin Balgi Ceremony

Gimhae City in Gyeongnam held a Jisinbalgi (Earth God Treading) event on the 23rd, one day before Jeongwol Daeboreum, the 15th day of the first lunar month in 2024.

The Daeboreum event, organized by the Gimhae Folklore Arts Preservation Society, took place from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. that day.

Mayor Hong Taeyong, city hall employees, and citizens started from the city hall main building and visited the city council and Dongbu Fire Station, performing a traditional ritual and Jisinbalgi to pray for the well-being, harmony, and abundant blessings of the citizens.

Hong Tae-yong, mayor of Gimhae City, Gyeongnam, is performing a ritual to the Jisin (Earth God), who is believed to protect the site of the house, as the sound of pungmul from the Nongak band resonates.
[Photo by Gimhae City Hall]

Jisinbalgi is a seasonal custom performed around Jeongwol Daeboreum, where a nongak (farmers' music) troupe tours the village to drive away bad spirits and offers a ritual (gosa) to the Earth God (Jisin), who protects the home site, praying for peace, prosperity, and family happiness throughout the year.

Mayor Hong said, “This event was held to inherit our fading traditional seasonal customs and to carry hopes and expectations for the new year. I hope happiness fills all citizens this year.”

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