Nongak, farmers’ folk music, has been the leading Korean performing arts that originated from the communal consciousness and leisure activity of rural societies. It is designated as the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This show illuminates Nongak newly that pronounces the values of equality, wish, peace and good socialization with neighbors, and sublimate them into arts regardless of their classes. While reinterpreting the historical implication and cultural and artistic values of Nongak from a modern viewpoint, the show intends to establish aesthetics of socialization and the meaning of “grand union.” You can see and enjoy all sorts of exciting Nongak representing Jeollabuk-do each and every day during the festival.

Gochang Nongak

With its representative peaked-hat sogo dance, Gochang Nongak still has the elegance of Right-Honam Nongak and the roles of accompanying characters are alive. It inspires life into tradition and draws attention with its systematic transmission process.

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