Mud festival in South Korea – level 1
30-07-2014 15:00
People hold a festival in South Korea. This festival is special. It is a mud festival! It is held every year.
People come to the festival in clean clothing. They leave covered in mud. People enjoy wrestling in mud, mud slides, and even a mud prison. You must get dirty!
Three million people came to the festival last year. This year, around 3 million people came again. The festival ends on 27th of July.
Difficult words: hold (happen), wrestle (fight with your hands and body), slide (flat object on which you sit and ride down).
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