Registered as a Korean World Cultural Heritage, Ganggangsullae

Registered as a Korean World Cultural Heritage, Ganggangsullae - Dance

Korea's culture has unique, colorful and rich characteristics due to its long history and geographical characteristics that have been influenced by various influences. Arts and culture are deeply rooted in the lives of Koreans, and tradition and modernity coexist harmoniously in all fields of art, including music, art, literature, and dance.

Dance is divided into Korean traditional dance and modern dance. Traditional dance contains history and culture, and modern dance tells various stories through modern movements and expressions. In addition, Korean architecture, clothing, and food lifestyles also harmonize tradition and modernity, and are gaining sympathy from mankind for their unique beauty and functionality.

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Registered as a Korean World Cultural Heritage, Ganggangsullae - Representative folk performance of Chuseok

Ganggangsullae was performed mainly in the coastal area of Jeollanam-do on the night of Jung-gu in September, which is Korea's representative holiday period, such as New Year's Day, Daeboreum, Dano, Baekjung, and Chuseok. This is a traditional folk game that combines song, dance, and play, and is now artistically developed and performed as a folk performance nationwide.

Ganggangsullae is based on a group dance that is generally held in a large outdoor space and danced in a circle while holding hands. This name comes from the receiving sound "Ganggangsullae" attached to each line of the song. However, the exact meaning of the word Ganggangsullae has not been revealed.

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Registered as a Korean World Cultural Heritage, Ganggangsullae - Primitive Comprehensive Art

Ganggangsullae is a primitive comprehensive art consisting of song, dance, and music in the form of a trinity. It is sung in the form of a front-and-back song when one of the dancing women initiates the seolsori (front song) and everyone accepts the back song. To the sound of the song, many women join hands and dance in a circle. This unifies folk songs and folk dances and makes them even more exciting through variations into folk music. Ganggangsullae starts in the early evening and continues to play until the moon tilts toward Seosan, so it is exciting and dynamic. In addition, Ganggangsullae is divided into Ginganggangsullae, Jungganggangsullae, and Jageunganggangsullae according to the speed of the song, and the footwork of the women who run while holding hands also changes according to the speed.

In addition, Ganggangsullae is composed of various auxiliary games such as tortoise play, bracken breaking, herring weaving, tile stepping, Deokseok end, rat play, gate play, palanquin stepping, towel search, service play, etc. Add. These colorful games further enhance the charm of Ganggangsullae, create a fun and pleasant atmosphere, and provide joy to both participants and audience.

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Registered as a World Cultural Heritage of Korea, Ganggangsullae - Valuable UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Humanity in Korea

Ganggangsullae was designated as a national intangible cultural property in 1966 and has been preserved and passed down.

Ganggangsullae is a folk game that represents Korea's traditional culture and art and is loved both at home and abroad. Through this, it shows the cultural diversity and beauty of Korea, where tradition and modernity harmoniously blend, and is positioned as a valuable artistic heritage that transforms the emotions and values of Koreans.