Modo, Jindo

Modo Island is a small island in Jindo County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, just off the southwest corner of the Korean peninsula. It is located to the south-east of Jindo Island and is about 1.1 km (0.68 mi) long and 300 m (980 ft) wide.

Modo

Native name: 모도
Modo
Geography
Location	Yellow Sea, East China Sea
Coordinates	34.406°N 126.355°E / 34.406; 126.355
Length	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Administration
South Korea
Province	South Jeolla
County	Jindo County

Modo, Jindo
Hangul	모도
Hanja	茅島
Revised Romanization	Modo
McCune–Reischauer	Modo

The tide-related sea level variations result in a land pass 2.9 km (1.8 mi) long and 10–40 meters wide opening for approximately an hour between Modo and Jindo islands. The event occurs roughly twice a year, around April–June.^[1] It had long been celebrated in a local festival called "Jindo's Sea Way", but was largely unknown to the world until 1975, when the French ambassador Pierre Randi described the phenomenon in a French newspaper.^[2][3] Nowadays, nearly half a million foreign and local tourists attend the event annually. It is accompanied by local festivals which include Ganggangsuwollae (Korean traditional circle dance), Ssitkim-gut (a shaman ritual, consoling the souls of the dead), Deul Norae (traditional farmers' songs), Manga (burial ceremony songs), Jindo dog show, Buknori (drum performance) and fireworks.^[4][5]