Utdari Farmers’ Music

Nongak refers broadly to the music farmers played as they worked together in a dure, a mutual-aid labour team, performed on percussion instruments such as the kkwaenggwari, jing, janggo and buk. It is also known by other names such as gut, maegu, pungjang, geumgo and chwigun. Utdari Farmers' Music refers to the nongak of the Chungcheong and Gyeonggi regions. The performance proceeds in the order: insa-gut (greeting rite), dollimbeokgu, dangsanbeollim, chilchae-obang-gamgi-wa-pulgi (winding and unwinding in seven beats and five directions), mudong-gwaeja-nori (child-rider costume play), sogo-jeolgutdae-nori, sipjageolli (cross formation), satongbaegi, wonjwauchigi (circling left and right), nejul-jwauchigi (four-line left-right movement), jjeokjjigi, pungnyeon-gut (bumper-harvest rite), gosarikkeokgi ("bracken-picking"), dodukgut ("thief rite"), sogo-pangut-nori, mudong-kkotbatgi, individual solo performances, closing celebrations, and toejang-gut (exit rite). Utdari Farmers' Music shares strong similarities in structure with other nongak of Chungcheong and Gyeonggi, because the sangswe (head kkwaenggwari players) of each troupe were involved with the Namsadangpae, an itinerant performers' troupe formed in 1950. Its chilchae rhythm and mudongtagi (child-rider acrobatics), however, set it apart from other regions.

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Region

Location not stated, Daejeon

Designation

Provincial Intangible Heritage · 시도무형유산