Korean masked dance-drama from korean character for love Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 5 min 78 sec
✓ Published: 08-Jun-2009

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Korean masked dance-drama relies on stock character such as the errant monk, the lascivious nobleman, the concubine, the crone, the prodigal son and the disrespectful servant. It delights in improvisation and in an often ribald irreverence. By providing an outlet for resentment against authority, Talch'um may have served a purpose in the tightly organized Confucian society of Korea's Choson era similar to that provided by carnival festivities in other cultures. In the 1980s the anti-authoritaria