Goseong Myeongtae Festival (고성명태축제)

Period 10.29.2015 ~ 11.01.2015 Address Geojin-ri, Geojin-eup, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do 강원 고성군 거진읍 거진리 Location Geojinhang Port Telephone • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info:+82-33-682-8008,

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Sponsors / Management

Goseong-gun / Goseong Pollack and Sea Festival Committee

Introduction

To ensure a good haul and community prosperity, this festival is held at Geojinhang Port, known as the primary place of Pollack fish in Korea. The festival includes numerous hands-on events such as a sea festival, a cultural festival, and a local culture experience. The festival has helped the city to promote their local seafood, farm products and other specialties, thus contributing to the growth of the local economy.

Programs

[Official Event] - Ritual ceremony and ritual for a big catch of Myeongtae - Pre-ceremony performance and opening/closing ceremony - Performance and fireworks [Performance Event] - Army/Navy band performance - Goseong culture and art concert - 7080 Concert with Goseong Myeongtae - Singing contest - Street event [Myeongtae Event] - Myeongtae tuho (throwing myeongtae), weighting myeongtae, myeongtae-gui hanmadang - Myeongtae roulette event, myeongtae auction experience, eating dishs made with myeongtae, etc. - Eating Myeongtae-gangjeong, Myeongtae Olympic, making quatrain for Goseong Myeongtae [Hands-on programs] - Experience of port culture and maritime experience - Catching live fish bare-handed - Air kids land - Promotional hall and tour - Sampling Goseong’s representative dish - Fishery and dried fish market - Regional specialty products market - Goseong Myeongtae market

Event Location

From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal (Subway Line 2, Gangbyeon St.), take a bus for Daejin. On the way to Daejin, the bus will make a stop at Ganseong-eup. The whole Geojinhang Port, where the bus stops, is used as the festival venue. Bus info: travel time: 4hrs 40min / 25,000 won / 6 times daily

Homepage

myeongtae.com (Korean only)

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