on the island of jindo, a festival celebrated. rob mcbride visited the island. as the sea reseeds people are moving forward. cautiously at first. then finding themselves on a strip of land that stretches from the main jindo island to the smaller island three kilometres away. then the fun starts. collecting whatever unlucky creatures were left stranded by the departing tide. >> i found it now. it's an act pus. the story goes that a family left behind their grandmother when chased away from the island by tigers. grandmother prayed to be reunited. the seas parted creating a path. that a family alternatived to come back. the legend was born. playing on both the natural phenomenon and local folk law, the community created a festival around the event that grows in popularity. >> translation: we are getting more and more international tourists and hope one day it will become a major event that represents the whole of korea. >> it translates from the korea as miracle sea road. half an hour ago this stretch of the seabed was over the water. half an hour from now it would

cautiously at first and then finding themselves on a strip of land stretching from the jindo island to an area 3km away. >> then the fun starts collect the the area. i found it now. the story goes the family left behind a grandmother. magically the seas parted. the family used it to come back? a. the legend was born. the community created a festival. we are getting more tourists. it will be a major event representing the whole of korea. it translates as miracle sea road. half an hour ago the stretch was below the water. it submerged once more and the miracle over. >> all the more reason to enjoy it. the sun and children - this is the first time they came here. >> it's amazing. showing it to the children is good for them. >> as quickly as we departed. the waters returned. this time the waters receded. back to dry land until the next time. >> in sport, island held on to the six nations after a 40-10 victory over scotland. it was a massive celebration who has not won back to back titles. it was a disappointment for england who entered the finals as leaders who couldn't get enough points i

cautiously at first then finding themselves on the strip of land that stretches from the main jindo island. and then the fun starts. collecting whatever unlucky creatures got stranded by the departing tide. >> i just found it now. it's an octopus. >> the story goes that a family left behind their grandmother when they were chased away from the island by tigers. grandma prayed to be reunited, and magically the seas parted, so the legend was born. playing on both the natural phenomenon and local folklore the community has created a festival around the event that grows in popularity. >> we're get morgue and more international tourists and we hope one day this will become a major event that represents the whole of korea. >> it translate from the korean as miracle zeros. just a half hour ago this stretch of sea bed was below the part. half an hour from now it will be submerged once more. >> all the more reason to enjoy it while it lasts. for them, this is the first time they've come here. >> this is amazing and it's good for them. >> as quickly as they departed the waters returned. this time th

then finding themselves on a strip of land that stretches from jindo island to a smaller area 3km away. and then the fun starts. collecting whatever unlucky creatures were left stranded by the tide. >> i just found it now. it's an octopus. the story goes that a family left goodnight their grandmother when chased away by the tigers. magically the seas parted creating a path. that her family used to come back for her. so the legend was born. playing on the natural phenomenon and natural folk law, the community created a festival around the event that grows in popularity. >> we are getting more and more international tourists and hope one day it will become a major event that represents the whole of korea. >> it translates from the korean as miracle sea road. this stretch of seabed was below the water. half an hour from now it will be submerged once more and the miracle will be over. >> all the more reason to enjoy it while it lasts. >> for this son and children this is the first time they have come here. >> it's really amazing. it's good for the children. >> as quickly as they departed t

many say there needs to be improvements, and fast >>> now, on the island of jindo in south korea a festival celebrating a natural phenomenon is under way. low tides this time of years causes a strip of land to emerge creating a temporary pathway to a neighbouring island. the event attracts thousands. rob mcbride was among them. >> as the sea recedes people start to move forward from the shore line. cautiously at first, and then finding themselves on a strip of land stretching from the main jindo island to the smaller modo 3km away. and then the fun starts. collecting whatever unlucky creatures were left stranded by the departing tide. >> i just found it now. it's an octopus. >> the story goes that a family left behind their grandmother when chased by the island by tigers. the grandmother prayed to be reunited and the seas parted creating a path across the seabed that the family used to come back for her. the legend was born. playing on both the natural phenomenon and local folklore the community created a festival around the event that grows in popularity. >> we are getting more and more in

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. >> now to the island of jindo in south korea, where a festival celebrating a rather unusual natural phenomenon. alal jazeera's rob mcbride is majors them. >> as the sea recedes people move from the shore line, cautiously at first but then finding themselves on a strip of land. and then the fun starts. collecting whatever unlucky creatures got left stranded by the departing tide. >> translator: i just found it now, it's an octopus. >> reporter: the story goes that a family left behind their grandmother when they werd chased away fromwerechased away from the island by tigers. grandma prayed to be reunited and the land bridge was born. a festival around the event that grows in popularity. >> we are getting more and more international tourists and we hope one day this will become a national event that represents the whole of korea. >> reporter: just half an hour ago this stretch of sea bed was below the water. half an hour from now, it will be submerged again. for her and her three children this is the first time they've come here. >> it's really amazing and the children it's good for t