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  2. Ganggangsullae - Wikipedia

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    Ganggangsullae (Korean: 강강술래) is an ancient Korean dance that was first used to bring about a bountiful harvest and has developed into a cultural symbol for Korea. It incorporates singing, dancing, and playing and is exclusively performed by women. [1] The dance is mostly performed in the southwestern coastal province of South Jeolla ...

  3. Taepyeongmu - Wikipedia

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    Taepyeongmu (Korean: 태평무; lit. great peace dance) is a Korean dance with the function of wishing a great peace for the country. Its exact origin is unknown, but certain style of the present was composed by Hahn Seongjun (Korean: 한성준; Hanja: 韓成俊; 1874–1941), an outstanding master of Korean dance in the beginning of last century.

  4. Wallah - Wikipedia

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    In British military jargon of the first half of the 20th century, a "base wallah" is someone employed at a military base, or with a job far behind the front lines. [6] There were a number of other words of this type, such as "camel wallah" and "machine-gun wallah", and more. [7] "Base wallah" had a derogatory reference for a person who is ...

  5. Geommu - Wikipedia

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    Geommu is a compound of the Korean words "Geom", meaning sword, and "mu", meaning dance. This name applies to the base martial form of the dance. The dance is also known by the term Hwangchangmu in reference to its origin story. The royal court version of the dance is called Jinju Geommu.

  6. Korean dance - Wikipedia

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    Korean traditional dance originated in ancient shamanistic rituals thousands of years ago. By the time of the later Korean kingdoms, Goryeo and Joseon, in the 2nd millennium AD, Korean traditional dance benefited from regular support of the royal court, numerous academies, and even an official ministry of the government.

  7. Chunaengjeon - Wikipedia

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    Chunaengjeon is the only solo Korean court dance. [4] It shares the same basic pattern and movement with other court dances. Among Joseon court dances it is praised as "the flower of court dance". The most important movement is hwajeontae, when the dancer imitates a bird perching on a flower by putting the colorful sleeves behind and smiling. [2]

  8. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean) - Wikipedia

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    In order to determine the Latin spelling of a real or fictional Korean person's name, follow these steps in order and stop when you reach a step that adequately gives a spelling for your situation. 1. Use common name Per WP:COMMONNAME, use whichever spelling and name for the person is widely used in English-language sources. This may be a name ...

  9. Subak - Wikipedia

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    Manchuria Korean's Subak Dance (Korean Chinese's Subakchoom) Subak Dance shows Subak, including slapping a dance partner's chest (frontal slap) as well as dodging it. Subak Dance has moves such as slapping his body particularly the forehead, cheeks, chest, shoulders, thighs, feet (frontal slaps & side slaps), and also slapping the dance partner ...