Jeonnam Provincial Gugak Orchestra 'I Will Not Forget' Sewol Ferry 7th Anniversary Memorial Performance

M/V Memories of Forgotten Fates and the Pain of the Era Captured in Art

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Chunsu] As the 7th anniversary of the Sewol Ferry disaster approaches on the 16th, nationwide memorial sentiments are intensifying.

The Jeonnam Provincial Gugak Orchestra (Artistic Director Ryu Hyungseon) announced on the 11th that it will hold a memorial performance for the 4·16 victims on the 17th at 5 p.m. at the Namdo Sori Ullimteo Performance Hall.

The performance is divided into two parts. In the first part, they will present the pansori piece "Hwacho Taryeong" excerpt, seated ban seoljangu, the changgeuk scene "Bangja Sending a Letter," and the gugak chamber music "Ryonggang Ginari." In the consecutive second part, a memorial performance titled "Je (祭)" for the 4·16 victims commemorating the 7th anniversary of the Sewol Ferry disaster will be performed.

The "Je (祭)" for the 4·16 victims is a creative work that reinterprets the Jindo Ssikkimgut ritual dance.

Starting with the shaman's (muneo) blessing ritual for the victims' peaceful afterlife, it modernly reconstructs and presents Dosalpurui, Jijeon dance, and Shinkal Daesinmu, which wish for the encounter of pitiful and free spirits.

Also, on the stage of the Saturday performance on the 10th, they reenacted the music video "Memories of Unremembered Fates," which recently caused a gentle sensation on YouTube for the victims of the Sewol Ferry and COVID-19, not underwater but on stage, delivering deep emotion.

At 4:16 p.m. on the 16th, the video will be re-released through the Gugak Orchestra's official Instagram to share the pain of the Sewol Ferry disaster together.

The Jeonnam Provincial Gugak Orchestra continues to release online works that sublimated social issues and the pains of the era into traditional arts.

From May 28 to 29, to mark the 41st anniversary of the May 18 Democratic Uprising, they are preparing to perform the oratorio collective play "1980 Spring Day," a newly revised version of "Spring Day," which was first introduced as a regular performance last year.

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