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The traditional Dano Festival or Danoje, Korea's third largest traditional festival, falls on June 8. Related events are scheduled countrywide.
Also called “Surinal” in Korean, Dano falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Traditionally, Koreans have believed that Dano is the oldest holiday, which marks the beginning of the summer, and is a day to pray for favorable farming weather.
In the past, Koreans washed their hair in "changpo water" (water boiled with sweet iris leaves) on Dano day and ate rice cakes named “surichi ddeok” made with various herbs known to be traditional Dano food.
Among many Dano festivals across the country, Gangneung's Danoje Festival, the longest running festival in that east cost city since the time of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), is considered the most popular and historically rich traditional Korean festival. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated it as an intangible cultural asset.
During the eight-day program from June 4 to 11, traditional cultural events as well as folk experience events will be held at Danojang around Namdaecheon for this year's Festival, according to the Gangneung City office and the festival organizing committee.
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June 4, 2008
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