Nabichum (literally 'butterfly dance') is a
Korean Buddhist dance (''Jakbeop'') for ritual service. The dance is named after its
choreography
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design ...
and costume which resemble the appearance of butterfly (''nabi'' in Korean). Some people regard nabichum as the most representative and important dance among Korean Buddhist dances. Dancers wear ''jangsam'' (장삼: monks robe) and white ''gokkal'' (꼬깔: a peaked hat).
See also
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Barachum
Barachum is a representative of the Korean dance, Korean Buddhist ritual dance, (''jakbeop''), and is performed by Buddhist monks with ''bara'' (hangul:바라). The term ''bara'' describes a cymbal-like Korean instrument made with brass. The dance ...
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Beopgochum
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Korean dance
Dance in Korea began with shamanistic early rituals five thousand years ago and now ranges from folk dance to newly created and adopted contemporary dance.
Overview
Korean traditional dance originated in ancient shamanistic rituals thousands ...
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Korean Buddhism
Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, the ...
External links
Brief information about Nabichumat the Dusan Encyclopedia:Encyber
Origin of Nabichumat the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea
Korean dance
Buddhism in Korea
Ritual dances
Buddhist rituals
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