Event — Symposium

The Arts of the Korean Shaman

18 November 2005
Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague
Juliana van Stolberglaan 1, Studio I

Free admission

 

Programme:

"Shamanic Ritual and Korean Dance" by Dr. Younghee Lee (University of Auckland)

"Maji: Painted Representations of the Korean Shamanic Pantheon" by Prof. Boudewijn Walraven (Leiden University)

Intermission

"Music in Korean Shamanic Ritual" by Dr. Roald Maliangkay (University of Amsterdam/IIAS)

Demonstration by noted Korean shaman Jung Munsan and peers of the various forms of vocal and instrumental music used during rituals. The instruments include the hour-glass drum (changgo), the p'iri, an oboe-like instrument, the hojôk, a double-reed oboe, gongs (ching) of different sizes, and cymbals (chegûm).

For more info: www.verenigingnederland-korea.nl or call the IIAS Branch office at 020-525 3657