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Heritage & Traditional Festivals in Korea

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Palace guard ceremonies, mask dance, fortress night tours, gugak stages — Korea keeps its traditions on public display, and most of it is free. These are the festivals where the country's thousand-year backstory is the main act.

Heritage & Traditional Festivals in Korea

Buyeo Chrysanthemum Festival

Mokpo Heritage Night Tour

Busan Folk Arts Festival

Yeosu National Heritage Media Art Festival: Jinnamgwan Guesthouse

Semiwon Water Lily Festival

Royal Guard-Changing Ceremony at Deoksugung Palace

Gugak Performance Jinyeon

Namsan Beacon Ceremony and Traditional Culture Events

Walk of the Royal Family

Jindo National Gugak Center’s Saturday Show ‘I Love Gugak’

Buyeo-gun Chungnam Gugak Group’s Saturday Show

Daejeon Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Group’s Saturday Gugak Show

K-Gugak Stage

Traditional Culture Programme at the Uijeongbu Site

Jeonju Hanok Village Traditional Performance Parade

Hwaseong Haenggung Palace Night Opening 2026

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