| Swords and sword imitations used by women and girls in Korea | |
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| black man | May 30 2018, 04:41:30 PM Post #1 |
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Just some miscellaneous information: - the anonymous author/s of the "Dance" article of the Korea Annual from 1970 describe/s a Korean "sword dance" as follows on p. 262 of that volume: "One or two pairs of girls swing their bodies and brandish swords to rhythmical accompaniment. When they swing the swords, a small piece of metal attached to each strikes the blade, giving off rattling sounds that add a peculiar effect to the musical accompaniment." According to the article, the dance originated at the court but survived as a folk dance. - on p. 27 of "Women and shamanism in Manipur and Korea: a comparative study" (2009) Otojit Kshetrimayum mentions "divine swords" as "instruments" used by mudang. - don't know whether this has anything to do with what I addressed above... links to videos featuring contemporary performances by a movie actress: Spoiler: click to toggle
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| luxemen | May 30 2018, 06:21:43 PM Post #2 |
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Your post and videos reminded me of this performance: |
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| black man | May 30 2018, 06:45:26 PM Post #3 |
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^ So that's more or less the metal sound to which the anonymous author/s of the Korea Annual referred? It would be interesting to learn more about the history of the choreography of these kinds of sword dances. My guess would be that the introduction of television was in favour of visual effects leading to, e.g., an increaee of the numbern of dancers. |
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