Mud glorious mud
Every year, hordes of people flock to Daecheon beach in South Korea to wallow in the mud.
They are here for the Boryeong Mud Festival, an event that began in 1998 to promote the material’s use in skin products. It has since become a huge, rollicking affair attracting tourists from all over the world.
According to organisers, about 2-3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the 10-day festival.
The event features mud baths, mud massages and mud body painting.
Revellers wrestle during the festival.
Others wait in line for their turn in a mud pool.
A couple with coloured mud painted on their faces waits with other festival goers.
A tourist closes his eyes as mud flies through the air.
Another man lies completely coated in mud.
Mud coats a tourist's glasses.
A woman smiles as she takes part.
Elsewhere in the festival, tourists are covered in foam.
A tourist’s torso is painted with mud.
Men take a rest on the beach during the festival.
