Saebyeol Oreum (Korean: 새별오름; Hanja: 曉星岳; 新星岳) is an oreum (small extinct volcano) in Aewol, Jeju City, Jeju Province, South Korea.
[3] Since 2000, the oreum has been the site of the annual Jeju Fire Festival.
[5] The festival is a reenactment of a traditional Jeju cultural event called bangae, during which large fires are ceremonially lit in order to pray for good fortune, burn off old grass, and kill vermin in the fields.
[7][6] Such burnings were held at various oreums and fields in Jeju until the 1970s, when it was banned.
[8] Beginning in 2025, the festival was planned to be reorganized in order to deemphasize the use of fire over environmental concerns.