A traditional royal ceremony praying for the nation’s well-being and bumper crop was reenacted in its original form on Sunday.

The ceremony began as the king arrived on a royal palanquin at the national altar called “Sajikdan,” following a procession of more than 600 people.

The king paid respects to the gods of land and crops at the altar, and a written prayer for the nation’s peace, well-being and good harvest was read.

The ceremony harks back to the ancient era of three kingdoms. It was banned during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula but brought back in 1988.

This year’s ceremony was held with the people’s desperate wishes that the latest typhoon would not cause serious damage.