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Opening ceremony + performance event + food + hands-on experience booths operation
The 38th Donghae Mureung Festival is Donghae City’s representative traditional cultural festival, held for four days from September 18 to 21, 2025, at the Donghae Well-being Leisure Sports Town. The festival’s subtitle is “United East Sea, Resonating with Hope,” and it aims to promote citizen unity, preserve local culture, and revitalize the regional economy. The festival consists of ceremonial events, performance events, experiential light promotional events, and cultural and artistic exhibitions. Major programs include the Mountain Spirit Festival and the Bountiful Harvest Festival, the opening performance, the Generation-Connecting Concert, the Mureung Romantic Concert, the Donghae Song Festival, the DMF Dance Festival, and the Citizens’ Parade. There will also be traditional cultural reenactment events, including an international exchange performance with Liaoning Province, China, folk games, and demonstrations of Nongak, a traditional Korean farmers’ band. The experience programs include workshop experiences, health checkups, and the operation of a folk experience center, and participatory programs such as the Donghae Love Receipt Tour are also offered. During the festival, va…