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 | | BORYEONG, South Korea, July 20 (Yonhap) - The girls wrestling in bikinis, crumpled beer cans and a mud-splattered Miss Universe looked shocking in a country renowned for its cosmetic excesses and sharp conservative edge. |
 | | Whereas the Spanish throw tomatoes and chase bulls, Korea this week demonstrated the biggest case of mud worship outside of Israel, where the Dead Sea's fl banks are heated to soothe arthritis and psoriasis clinics ring its tranquilizing, bromide-laden waters. |
 | | As this sleepy West Coast town, some 200 kilometers south of Seoul, surrendered to "mud cage" raves, blood-red sunsets and tropical downpours, however, not everyone was convinced of the mud's cosmetic properties. |
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