Held in the seaside resort city of Boryeong, visitors can take part in activities such as mud slides, mud wrestling, and mud massages.

A South Korean couple dance on the muddy ground during a festival in the seaside resort city of Boryong, 190 kilometers (104 miles southwest of Seoul, 20 July 2002. The state-sponsored annual mud festival is held to attract foreign tourists and to promote mud cosmetics. AFP PHOTO/PARK YEONG-DAE