BACOLOD City – The world-renowned MassKara Festival dancers made history as the first-ever foreign group to perform during the Maduhee Festival in Ulsan City, South Korea.
The delegation from Bacolod City, led by Councilor Em Ang, was featured in the three-day festivity from June 7 to 9.
According to Ang, MassKara dance team was the only foreign performer in the 2019 edition of the festival.
“It is the first time in the festival’s 320-year history that a foreign group was invited to perform,” the councilor said.
The Ulsan Maduhee Festival in the old downtown of Ulsan City is considered the largest tug-of-war game that has been played long before the Joseon Dynasty.
The game, translated in English as “playing with a horse head”, is evaluated as a dynamic local culture incorporating the military and regional culture and traditions of Ulsan.
This year, more than 2,000 participants joined the tugging of a giant rope during the re-enactment of the “Maduhee.” (With a report from PNA/PN)
