Miryang Baekjung Festival
miryang baekjung nori korean 밀양백중놀이 hanja 密陽百中놀 festival held korean city miryang celebrate holiday baekjung whilst baekjung national celebration specific festivity milyang regarded one important intangible cultural property korea baekjung buddhist festival dead originating zhong yuan jie ghost festival china korea also element agricultural holiday well characterised prayer god agriculture masked dance hoewashing form carnival role landlord labourer reversed baekjung fall fifteenth day seventh month festivity miryang begin shamanic ritual supplication agricultural deity village elder purify area ensure bounteous harvest coming autumn accompanied vigorous drum music nongak pole called nongshindae similar maypole raised participant circle offer prayer food drink offering shared among celebrant number traditional dance performed including dance aristocrat hallyangmu dance cripple pyongshinchum dance tend comical satire subject often include improvisation impersonation activity also take place including gejuldarigi spider tugofwar unique miryang festival close performance five drum dance obukchum traditional farmer dance also prayer good health good harvest