Dano festival

Dano festival , additionally referred to as Surit-nal, is a Korean conventional excursion that falls on the fifth day of the 5th month of the lunar Korean calendar. It is a professional excursion in North Korea and one of the principal conventional vacations in South Korea. South Korea has retained numerous fairs associated with the excursion, certainly considered one among that's Gangneung Dano Festival particularly by the means of UNESCO as a "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".

In the Mahan confederacy of historical Korea, this became an afternoon of non secular rites, and amusement with song, dance, and wine. Traditionally, ladies washed their hair in water boiled with Sweet Flag, believed to make one's hair shiny. Women additionally positioned Angelica polymorpha flora of their hair out of the notion that its aroma could repel evil. People wore blue and purple garments and dyed hair pins purple with the iris roots. Men wore iris roots round their waist to push back evil spirits. Herbs moist with dew this morning have been stated to heal stomach aches and wounds. Traditional meals encompass surichitteok, ssuk tteok, and different herb rice cakes.

Time: on the 5th day of the fifth month of the lunar Korean calendar

Location: all over Korea