Grandma Bbong and the Mysterious Sea road

Ok there's no real mysterious. At this time of year around 5:00pm the tide goes out so much that you can walk to the surrounding islands. But according to Korean legend, or as much of it I can remember, poor Grandma Bbong (or Ppong?) was left behind when everyone in her village hopped on a boat and set sail for the nearby islands.

Grandma Bbong missed her family, who apparently did care enough about her to make sure she was on their boat. She prayed to Buddha or whom ever a Korean grandmother would pray to at that time in history and that deity parted the water like when the water was parted in the movie "The 10 Commandments". So she was able to walk across and met up with her absent-minded family. Ohh... and some how there is a tiger involved.

So every year around this time for 3 days there is Sea parting (Yeongdeung) Festival. There's lots of food, dancing, and weird music. People put on long rubber boots and walk to the island where Grandma BBong's family went to get away from her. The rest stay on shore gathering sea weed, walking on the rocks with high heels or talking on cell phones.