[Enjoy KOREA] Korea's Best Performance 'Nong-ak'

Pyeongtaek Nong-ak 

(Instrumental Music of Peasants)

Nong-ak, also called Pungmul, consists of Utdari Pungmul of Gyeonggi and Chungcheong province, Udo Pungmul of Honam plains, Jwado Pungmul of mountainous region of Honam, Yeongnam Pungmul, and Yeongdong Pungmul, etc. 

Pyeongtaek Pungmul, which is a representative Utdari Pungmul of Gyeonggi and Chungcheong province, is a Pungmulnori that combines the Dure band tradition of the Maeulnori Pungmul that has been long played in the province, with the professional theatrical character of Geolip band, who showed Pungmul and acrobatic feats touring Gyeonggi and Chungcheong province. 

Pungmul with Dure band characteristics consists of Jisin Bapgi early in January, Duregut during the farming season, etc., and the traditional theatrical Pungmul consists of Nanjanggut at markets, Geolip to raise money for constructing big bridges or temples, Pungmulnori that showed play and acrobatic feats touring various places to raise the public fund for village, etc.



In Pungmul here, about ten tunes are played in diverse and protean variations mainly using gong, drum, Jing (another type of gong), Changku, small drum, taepyeongso, etc., and the tune of Pungmul is generally fast, dynamic and cheerful.

Pangutmadang, in which about thirty people play, is energetic and splendid. Particularly, Mudongnori unfolded in various fashions is very excellent and is an intangible cultural property succeeding the tradition of our country’s Pungmul from the early age.