A Rural Harvest Festival in Korea: A Day Shared by the Whole Village (Part 2)

People gathering at a rural harvest festival in Myoryang, South Korea

In Part 1, I introduced a rural harvest festival held among the rice fields of Myoryang, a small countryside community in Yeonggwang, South Korea. But the landscape, the pungmul music, and the tractors were only part of the story. What made this festival special was the people. Elementary school children, parents, local residents, and elderly … 더 읽기