‘Gugak Renaissance’ Unfolds in Sancheong... 2021 Sancheong Gugak Festival and Gugak Healing Concert Held

Sancheong Gisan Gugakdan, Gugak Festival Every Saturday from the 5th to November 6th

Namsa Yedamchon Gisan Gugakdang Pungmul Master Jeon Choe Jong-sil Sogo Dance Performance
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Shall we unfold a ‘Gugak Renaissance’ that connects the tradition and modernity of Korean traditional music?

Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, and the Gisan Gugak Festival Committee are hosting the ‘2021 Sancheong Gugak Festival, a Gugak Healing Concert Offering Comfort and Hope.’

On the 1st, the two organizations announced that starting with Songpa Sandae Nori, National Intangible Cultural Property No. 49, on the 5th, Gugak performances will be held every Saturday until November 6.

This Saturday Gugak performance is a cultural tourism program succeeding the ‘Gisan Gugakdang Saturday Regular Performance with Commentary, Period Story? Healing Music Healing Concert’ that has been held since 2019.

It carries on the will of the great master of Gugak, Gisan Park Hyun-bong, and provides young Gugak artists with opportunities to showcase their skills on stage. Visitors to Sancheong will have the chance to appreciate the artistic world of masters, including intangible cultural properties.

The performances will be held every Saturday at 3 p.m. at Gisan Gugakdang from the 5th to November 6. During midsummer, performances will take a break until the third week of July and August, and then resume from August 28 to November 6. The schedule may change depending on local conditions such as weather.

The first performance of this regular series, Songpa Sandae Nori (National Intangible Cultural Property No. 49), is a mask dance play passed down in Songpa-gu, Seoul. This play, boasting a history of over 200 years, depicts the corruption of monks and conflicts within families through satire and humor.

The second performance on the 12th, Jinju Samcheonpo Nongak (National Intangible Cultural Property No. 11-1), is a representative Yeongnam Nongak passed down mainly in western Gyeongnam.

Led by Gisan Park Hyun-bong, it was first designated as Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 11 in the Nongak category in June 1966. Since then, as Nongak from various regions was additionally designated as cultural properties, the original number was changed, and it is currently registered as National Intangible Cultural Property No. 11-1.

The county and the Gisan Gugak Festival Committee plan to comply with COVID-19 prevention guidelines at each performance and deploy safety personnel to guide and ensure the safety of spectators around the stage.

A county official said, “The Gisan Gugakdang regular Gugak performances have now established themselves as traditional cultural content representing Sancheong-gun and Namsa Yedamchon,” adding, “It is an opportunity to enjoy intangible cultural property performances from Gyeongnam as well as from all over the country every weekend.”

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