Introduction to Bongsan Mask Dance - Drama (in English)

Introduction to Bongsan talchum (Korean traditional mask dance - Bongsan Mask Dance-Drama) - video produced by Bongsan Mask Dance-Drama Preservation Society in Seoul, Korea. (http://www.bongsantal.com/index_en.html)
"Talchum could be characterized as a Korean dance performed while wearing a mask, miming, speaking and even sometimes singing. ... Korean mask dance dramas are not just dances performed by masked dancers but also include significant dramatic content with masked characters portraying people, animals and sometimes supernatural beings. These folk dramas reflect the frustrations felt by the lower classes towards the Confucian literati Yangban, due to the latter's treatment of the commoners, show the life of the common man and process social problems such as monks who ignore their precepts and men who cast off their old wives." ~ wikipedia

Bongsan Talchum has been designated as the 17th Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea.

Read the full description of the Bongsan Mask Dance at Bongsan Mask Dance-Drama Preservation Society website:
http://www.bongsantal.com/en_bongsant...
Posted by Sejong Cultural Society