[K-Geography] Lunar New Year's Daljip Burning

The Lunar New Year's Daljip Burning Event is being held at the Korean Folk Village in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, on the afternoon of the 13th, two days before Daeboreum, the fifteenth of of the first lunar month. 

Daljip(moon's house) Burning refers to the seasonal custom of burning a pile of branches (daljip) on the night of Daeboreum when the moon rises. (Yonhap)

Photo by Hong Ki-won

[Hong Ki-won, who took these pictures, is a photo reporter at Yonhap News Agency's Gyeonggi News Headquarters.]   

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