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Namdo Food Festival

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130, Jungnogwon-ro, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do
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Featuring history, culture, and evergreen bamboo tree forests as a clean and ecological city, Damyang holds Namdo Food Festival in the area of Damyang Stadium in front of Juknokwon. This festival introduces a food exhibition hall that comprises of a variety of representative food in Namdo, and an event offering various healthy foods. Other events include parades, food contests, sampling, agricultural products sales market, food ingredients hall, food market and cultural art performances alike to entertain visitors.

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End date
20151115
Venue
Juknokwon (Bamboo Garden) and Jeonnam Provincial College
Start date
20151113
Venue info
[Train]
From Yongsan Station (Seoul), take a train to Gwangju (광주).
From Gwangju Station, take local Bus 311 to Juknokwon.

[Bus]
From Central City Bus Terminal (Seoul), take an express bus to Damyang (담양).
From Damyang Bus Terminal, cross the road and take a Bongsan-Damyang (봉산, 담양) route bus.
Get off at the Juknokwon bus stop, and cross the road.
Side events
[Experience programs]
-Goheung: making pomegranate tea
-Naju: watching chick hatching
-Wando: making yuzu tea
-Haenam: making sweet and sour mushroom (beoseot tangsu)
-Gangjin: planting bean sprouts
-Gokseong: making onion handkerchief
-Yeosu: making Dolsan leaf mustard kimchi (gat kimchi)
-Youngam: crafting hanji (Korean traditional paper made with mulberry trees) mirror
-Suncheon: crafting bracelet with Chinese pearl barley (yulmu)
-Damyang: making hangwa (Korean traditional sweets and cookies)
-Etc.

Updated 2016.04.14

Introduction

Featuring history, culture, and evergreen bamboo tree forests as a clean and ecological city, Damyang holds Namdo Food Festival in the area of Damyang Stadium in front of Juknokwon. This festival introduces a food exhibition hall that comprises of a variety of representative food in Namdo, and an event offering various healthy foods. Other events include parades, food contests, sampling, agricultural products sales market, food ingredients hall, food market and cultural art performances alike to entertain visitors.

Programs

- Official event: Sangdal parade, sangdalje (praying ceremony), reception, opening and closing ceremony
- Performance: Gugak performance, nostalgia concert, cultural performance from city and county
- Exhibited food sampling and sales
- Cooking contest, special cooking contest for foreigner
- Subsidiary event, special event, and etc.

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130, Jungnogwon-ro, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do


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