Music in Korean Shaman Ritual

Mills, Simon R.S.

Music in Korean Shaman Ritual

Mills, Simon R.S.

Authors

Professor Simon Mills s.r.s.mills@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

Haekyung Um
Editor

Hyunjoo Lee
Editor

Abstract

It is hard to sum up Korean Shamanism in a few sentences but, in short, it could be described as the traditional syncretic folk religion of Korea. It mixes together ritual practices, beliefs, symbols and myths from Buddhism, Taoism, and folklore and adds elements commonly associated with nature religions and shamanism – including the use of techniques such as divination, trance, and mediumship. As with many other syncretic folk religions around the globe, there is very little in the way of dogma, codified rules, or centralized leadership, which means that a great diversity of practices and beliefs can be found.

Citation

Mills, S. R. (2012). Music in Korean Shaman Ritual. In H. Um, & H. Lee (Eds.), Rediscovering traditional Korean performing arts (39-45). Korea Arts Management Service

Publication Date	2012
Deposit Date	Sep 12, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Mar 11, 2014
Pages	39-45
Book Title	Rediscovering traditional Korean performing arts.
Publisher URL	http://www.gokams.or.kr/Data/GKBM29/TheApro2012_Rediscovering%20Traditional%20Korean%20Performing%20Arts.pdf