Jindo Sea-Parting Festival was awarded as “Most Excellent South Korean Festival” for 2 consecutive years,

On 26th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected the Jindo Sea-Parting Festival as the “Most Excellent Festival” of 2014 from a list of 42 annual top festivals in Korea.

Jindo Island in Jeollanam-do Province presents one of the most miraculous natural phenomena in the world, called the Korean version of the Moses Miracle. The water between the main land Jindo and a nearby island Modo split and expose a causeway 2.8 klilometers long and 40 meters wide. The path lasts for around an hour allowing people to walk through the sea and meet halfway from the both places. Some people go to Modo before the sea road open by boat so that they can cross the sea in a less crowdedness. Walking through the water requires a pair of long lubber boots, a plastic rain coat in case of raining, and a small container to put your clams, small fish, or sea tangle on the way round.

This amazing event was unknown to the western world until 1975, when a French ambassador to Korea, Mr. Pierre Randi visited Jindo, witnessed the miracle first-hand and introduce it as "the Korean version of the Moses Miracle" in the French paper. Since then it became growing popularity from all over the world and the locals organized a festival to celebrate the miraculous event in 1978.
The number of tourists is growing each year reaching around 530,000 including 82,000 foreign visitors in 2014, according to Jindo county statistics.
In the Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival, one can enjoy display of fireworks, traditional music and a remarkable performance by Korean shamanists.

Next year, Jindo Sea-Parting Festival will be held for 4 days from March 20 to March 23.