attracts about 2 million people to the city of a little more than 100,000 located about 190 km (120 miles) southwest of Seoul. “The mud makes people friendly,” said Angela Sharp, a US Air Force service member stationed in South Korea who is one of the tens of thousands of foreigners attending the festivities. One part of the festival gives visitors the chance to play in the greyish goo at mud wrestling pits, mud slides and mud baths. Somewhere along the line, ample supplies of alcohol add to the high spirits.