Bamboo has long been a major source of craft items in Korea, and Damyang, South Jeolla Province, is famous for its abundant bamboo forests. The program includes making various bamboo craft items, making traditional liquor in bamboo containers, martial arts competitions using bamboo swords and bamboo raft rides, as well as various music and dance performances using instruments made of bamboo. A bamboo fair will give visitors opportunities to look at various bamboo crafts at the Damyang Stadium.

For more information, go to www.bamboofestival.co.kr or call 061-380-3151.

The air in Boseong, South Jeolla Province, is full of the fragrance of green tea each May. Tourists will have the chance to enjoy various experiences such as picking green tea leaves from the largest producer of green tea in South Korea and tasting various teas from around the world in a picturesque setting of royal azalea blossoms on Mount Illim.

For further information, call 061-853-2861 or go to http://dahyang.boseong.go.kr.

Visitors to the Nagan Folk Village will have an opportunity to experience life in pre-modern Korea and enjoy traditional customs and folk culture such as gilnori, or street performances, performances of traditional martial arts, Namsadang troupes, rope dancing and a tug-of-war. A reenactment of the inaugural ceremony of a Suncheon county magistrate during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) will be held on May 18.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.nagan.or.kr or call 061-749-3347.

Daegu has had the largest herbal medicine market in Korea since the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). This five-day festival will offer tourists the chance to experience Korea's herbal medicine traditions as well as various performances and exhibitions of medicinal herbs. Visitors also can buy herbal medicines in the marketplace.

For further information, go to http://herb.daegu.go.kr/festival or call 053-253-4729.

Hadong, where the first green tea plants in Korea were planted about 1,200 years ago, will hold a wild green tea festival in Hwagae Valley and the vicinity of Ssanggyesa Temple starting May 2. Various events during the five-day festival will include picking tea leaves, boiling tea and experiencing a massage with tea.

For more information, call 055-880-2375 or go to http://festival.hadong.go.kr.

The lake city of Chuncheon bustles with mimes and tourists during the Chuncheon International Mime Festival, the largest mime festival in Asia. Various mime performances will be held during the week-long festival at the Festival Theater Momzit, Chuncheon Culture and Art Center and other venues.

For further information, visit www.mimefestival.com or call 033-242-0585.