Poongmul Dance

Poongmul Dance Nong-ak or farmer's dance and band music)

Nong-ak, historically one of the oldest forms of all, is the strenuous outdoor farmers' dance. As an expression of folk culture, this has astonishing vigor and rhythmic verve. Leading a procession of men and boys, a bearer carries a pole with pheasant feathers at the top (the ghost or spirit symbol) and a banner proclaiming: "Farming is the Mainstay of the Nation." The dancers' hats are decorated with huge pompons of white paper flowers of Buddhist influence. They accompany themselves with hand-held drums, gongs, a piercingly loud reed instrument, and several changgo (double-barreled drums) beaten with two kinds of bamboo sticks. Following the leader's running, hopping, turning, they circle in union and the high point is reached when smaller boys rotate their heads producing long eccentric spirals with the white ribbons attached to the special swivel in the crown of their hats. Nong-ak called by "Goot" has been named by various kinds of name; Poongmul Goot, Poongjang Goot, Maegu Goot, Durae Goot, Dangsanje Goot, Poongaje Goot, Chunrado Madangpabki Goot, Kyongsangdo Gisinpabki Goot, Kulgung Goot, Jungkan Goot, Namsadangpae Goot, Sottaejangipae Goot, Village Wine Drinking Goot.

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