HELLO from KOREA
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60 _ <strong>HELLO</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>KOREA</strong><br />
Salpuri (shamanistic dance)<br />
Whether we are watching the hypnotic, unrestrained movement of a<br />
shaman ritual or the elegant movement of salpuri, the shamanistic dance<br />
is powerfully rhythmic and so emotionally charged that it is impossible<br />
not to feel caught up in it. Many of the shaman-based dances depend on a<br />
marvelous dexterity of expression in complex and subtle rhythms.<br />
Many farmers' dances are shaman-influenced also. Following the lunar<br />
calendar, farmers' dances, vigorous and celebratory, are usually performed<br />
twice a year. Alternately leaping and moving close to the ground,<br />
dancers follow singing and rhythms played by the kkwaenggwari.<br />
Another popular dance of folk origin these days is the mask dance or<br />
talchum. Both drama and dance, talchum pokes fun at the nobility in<br />
comic scenes with shamans, corrupt monks, thick-headed nobility, quarrelling<br />
spouses, and more. Wearing stylized masks that proclaim the<br />
identity of the characters, dancers swing through deep plies, leap, and<br />
gesture broadly with their heads to help tell the story.<br />
Although these dances once were performed in small villages, most