"Anthropologically speaking, I don't believe there are any cultures where people don't dance," says art sociologist Laura Cappelle, editor of "A New History of Dance in the West: From Prehistory to ...

Ssitkimkut is the extraordinary Korean ritual for the dead that cleanses the dead spirit, assisting it on its way to the next life. The ritual is layered with singing, dancing, instrumental and ...

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The National Dance Company of Korea stages “The Banquet,” which presents Korean dance from past to present, ranging from the traditional royal court dances through to shamanic ritual dances and folk ...

A public "gut," or shamanic ritual, will take place at Geumseongdang, a shrine that for several years housed the Museum of Shamanism. The ritual will be performed by a preservation society focused on ...

Shamanism, derived from the Tungusic word, saman (“one who knows”), dates back to Paleolithic cultures, evidenced by ancient cave art and healing artifacts uncovered across the globe. But the precise ...