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An Initiation "kut" for a Korean shaman (1991)

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Uploaded by on Aug 8, 2011

(magyar fordító keresek, seeking hungarian translator)
Buy: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-1439-9780824814496.aspx
Originally produced: 1991
Format: VHS
Summary:
Shamans in Korean society are generally women and are generally consulted by women. They are frequently those who have been "set apart" by bad life experiences. This film depicts portions of a two-day initiation ritual for a young woman, whose spirit mother and whose family believe she is destined to be a shaman. Music, rituals and life experiences of shamans are depicted and discussed.
Credits:
produced and directed by Laurel Kendall & Diana S. Lee.
Publication:
[Honolulu?] : Distributor University of Hawaii Press, c1991.
Studio(s):
Center for Visual Anthropology
Director(s): Kendall, Laurel Lee, Diana S
Producer(s): Kendall, Laurel Lee, Diana S
Performer(s): Shamans, Kim Pongsun (spirit mother), An Hosun, Kwan Myongnyo, Chini (initiate).

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  • thank you so much for posting this! Really enjoyed it and found it interesting - I am using it in my paper!

  • I was suppose to watch this in one of my lectures but missed it. So thanks for the upload!

  • Very interesting. I am a teacher in Korea and have been interested in this for a while now. It answered so many of my questions.

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