Music and symbolism of the Hwanghae provincial shaman ritual in Korea Lee, Yong-Shik
ISBN: 0493727469
Summary:
In sum, the religious-musical harmonization in kut provides efficacy
and entertainment while combining the sacred and the profane, and
ritual and theater. This ritualization of religious-musical harmony
represents the cultural artifact of the Korean people, i.e.,
Koreanness.
Shaman music functions to enhance both religiosity and entertainment.
The ushering songs contain a limited number of repeated melodic
phrases with an emphasis on clear deliverance with syllabic singing
accompanied by the repetition of the basic drumming pattern. Other
shaman and folk songs are more entertaining than the ushering songs.
Sung by all the participants in the joyful mood, these songs provide
the entertainment in kut.
The “Koreaness” underlying Hwanghae shamanism is the
ritualization of harmony. The Hwanghae kut intends to maintain and
strengthen harmony between the human and nature, between the living
and the dead, and between just human beings themselves. Since music
is the core element in kut, the harmonization during kut relies on
music for their effectiveness. Song text emphasizes family solidarity
of Confucian doctrine and pray for the fulfillment of people's
this-worldly wishes. The blending of these dual attitudes has made it
possible for shamanism to maintain and disseminate in the
Confucian-governing Korean society.
The object of this dissertation is to show that Korean shaman ritual
performances in their musical and textual structures are not merely
mirror representations of the current sociocultural situation of
Korea, but they shape the very processes of today's Korean culture.
The argument is that although shamanism has been regarded as a
marginalized peripheral cult for a long time, it has played a vital
role in the process of re-creating and re-establishing Korean
national culture.
Notes:
Chairperson: Byong Won Lee.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-06, Section:
A, page: 2041.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hawaii, 2002.
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