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Anseong Namsadang Pungmulnori
안성남사당풍물놀이 ( 安城男寺堂风物游戏 )
Pungmulnori (folk music and dance), or nongak (farmers’ music), performed by troupes of male itinerant entertainers (namsadangpae) passed down in Anseong, Gyeonggi-do Province. Anseong Namsadang Pungmulnori, designated as Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 21 of Gyeonggi-do Province on September 30, 1997, has its roots in the Korean rural institutions called dure, which are communal farm labor groups, and nanjang, an open market performance, and is based on the forms of dure and nanjang handed dow
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Beona
버나 ( 转碟 )
Spinning of a saucer-shaped object such as a sieve frame, wash basin, or bowl, on a stick using a special device or by hand to the accompaniment of nongak (farmers’ music) rhythms. The origins of beonanori (saucer spinning) can be traced back to the performances of itinerant entertainers such as the namsadangpae of the 20th century. One member of such a troupe testifies that saucer spinning was not part of the original namsadang repertoire. As such, it is presumed that saucer spinning might have
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Beopgonori
법고놀이 ( 法鼓戏 )
Performance in which a drummer plays the beopgo (small drum, dharma drum) while dancing. The name beopgo (Kor. 법고, Chin. 法鼓, lit. dharma drum) originally refers to one of the four Buddhist instruments. In the late Joseon period, Buddhist monks often went about asking for alms with a dharma drum set up on the roadside or formed a nongak (farmers’ music) band and begged for rice. These monks were called beopgo monks (drumming monks) or gutjungpae, meaning a group of monks who played percussion mus
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Buan Nongak
부안농악 ( 扶安农乐 )
Nongak (farmers’ music) handed down in Buan, Jeollabuk-do Province. The history of Buan Nongak is traced back to Sodo (Kor. 소도, Chin. 蘇塗) in Jiban Country (Kor. 자반국, Chin. 支半國), which was one of the statelets of Mahan (a loose confederacy existing from around the 1st century BCE to the 5th century CE). Historical documents prove that durenongak (nongak accompanying work by communal farm labor groups called dure) gained wide popularity in the Buan region in the 19th century during the late Joseon
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Bungnori
북놀이 ( 鼓戏 )
A form of nori (performance, lit. play) in which the buk (barrel drum) players hang their drums on their bodies and dance or make other body movements. Though bungnori, in its simplest form, is the drum accompaniment for songs sung out in the fields during farming, it has developed as an individual performance featured in pangut, the entertainment-based component of nongak. When performing bungnori, the drummer hits not only the leather drum head but the edges as well, which enables wide diversi
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Busan Nongak
부산농악 ( 釜山农乐 )
Nongak (farmers’ music) that has been handed down mostly in Amidong, Seo-gu, Busan Busan Nongak is rooted in geollipnongak (nongak performed for fundraising purposes) performed in Gobundori in Seodaesin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan. Gobundori, former name of Seodaesin-dong, was named after a wide field where “pretty” (gobun in Busan dialect) grasses grew as there were no stones or scrubs. Gobundori Nongak had long been passed down along with farming life until it was discontinued during the Japanese colo
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Cheongdo Chasan Nongak
청도차산농악 ( 清道车山农乐 )
Nongak handed down in Chasan-ri, Punggak-myeon, Cheongdo in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Cheongdo Chasan Nongak is a form of nongak that developed from the cheongwanggi (Kor. 천왕기, Chin. 天王旗, lit. flag of the heavenly king) battle that was waged among various villages in Punggak-myeon, Cheongdo. Chasan-ri (Kor. 차산리, Chin. 車山里) is a village with a long history, known to be an ancient village of Silla. It is a typical farming village where its 130 households have relied solely on agriculture for livi
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Cheongju Nongak
청주농악 ( 清州农乐 )
Nongak performed in Sinchon-dong and Ji-dong in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk- do Province that has been developed into an entertainment-focused form of nongak. Cheongju Nongak is a version of nongak performed in the central part of Chungcheongbuk-do. As nongak developed in areas where rice farming was active, Cheongju Nongak developed around the Miho plains, the granary of the Chungcheongbuk-do region. It declined somewhat during the Japanese colonial period, but after liberation, the nongak of Sinc
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Chibae
치배 ( 击辈 )
The term chibae literally means “a person who strikes something” and is used in reference to a person who performs in a nongak (farmers’ music) troupe. In the historical and traditional sense, chibae is similar to the term jaebi (Kor. 잽이, Chin. 尺). Etymologically, the origin of the word chibae can be found in the term jaebi, a person who holds a musical instrument. During the Three Kingdoms period, jaebi was used in the context of performing arts to refer to Silla specialists in music, song, dan
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Daeposu
대포수 ( 大炮手 )
The head of the party of actors (japsaek) in a nongak (farmers’ music) troupe in the Honam region, the daeposu enjoys the same status as the sangsoe (lead small gong player). The daeposu (Kor. 대포수, Chin. 大砲手, lit. great gun carrier) is the lead actor and the person who controls the percussionists at the commands of the sangsoe, both leading the musicians and managing the crowd with the dignity of a general. As the head of the japsaek, he sometimes wears a mask, depending on region, and points a
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