Traditional Festival Mud Festival History Origins Festival Origin

The Mud Festival is a traditional foreign specialty festival, the day of the festival, people through each other to smear mud on the body to have a carnival, and pray for health and good luck. So what are the historical origins of mud festivals? And with the Old Yellow Calendar to see the world festivals it!　

History of the festival

Japan

On February 25, 2009, residents of a rice paddy on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, took part in the annual "Mud Festival," a mud festival in Japan. In the cold wind, local men jumped naked into the rice paddies and grabbed mud to smear on their bodies. According to local beliefs, the mud from the rice paddies can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck. People hope to pray for a good harvest in the new year through this ritual. It is reported that the local custom of "mud festival" has a history of more than 100 years.

South Korea

South Korea's beach held beauty mud festival: mud in the mud to play in the mud festival held in South Korea's Boryeong Daecheon Beach, tourists play in the mud. Boryeong holds an annual mud festival to attract tourists, who can apply the mud on their bodies for beauty and skin care.

Israel

Israel Mud Carnival day, people to the body each other mud, not only to carry out the carnival, but also through this unique way to express the wish for good health. There are also a lot of small activities in the Israeli carnival, such as setting up a lot of small levels, so that people who come to the carnival to experience the fun of breaking through the barrier. But whether or not the pass is just secondary, people just participate in the carnival into this, has been very happy.

United States

July 11 every year, is the United States of America, Westland, Michigan, the annual dirt day. This festival started in 1988. On Mud Day, people can enjoy playing in a large mud pool made of 200 tons of topsoil and 20,000 gallons of water, each covered in mud. Children can also disobey their moms and flock to the mud to play with each other.

According to Westland Health officials, although the mud may contain harmful bacteria, it's safe to participate in Mud Day, as long as participants go home and take a good shower. Mr. Dirt and Miss Dirt will be crowned each year on Dirt Day.

As you can see, many parts of the world have mud festival, some of which have become local traditions, people will be mud smeared on the body, most of which is a symbol of good luck in the New Year, get a good harvest, but also some believe that doing so has a health and beauty role, attracting a lot of young people to catch up with the new things.