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Hangul
  
쥐불놀이

McCune–Reischauer
  
Chwibulnori

Revised Romanization
  
Jwibulnori

Jwibulnori

Jwibulnori (쥐불놀이) is a popular Korean game. It's a play to make a fire on paddies and fields to exterminate harmful insects and rats during the first full moon of a year in the lunar calendar, which is the national holiday in Korea. Also, this game has a meaning to wish for good health.

People make a torchlight on a basket or a container tied with a strong string, going out, playing with, twirling it. Sometimes, there's a fight between other village members. They play the game until midnight and after enjoying the game, they make a fire on the farmland.

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Jwibulnori Wikipedia