The Hwanghaedo Jinjinogigut in South Korea: Culturally Specific Challenges in the Study of a Korean Death Ritual
This ethnographic study, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Seoul and its suburbs between 2008 and 2017, examines the shamanic death ritual jinjinogigut of the Hwanghaedo tradition imported from North Korea. The jinjinogigut is a shaman ritual for recently deceased people. The exploration of...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publ.
2020
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Shaman
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 63-96 |
| Summary: | This ethnographic study, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Seoul and its suburbs between 2008 and 2017, examines the shamanic death ritual jinjinogigut of the Hwanghaedo tradition imported from North Korea. The jinjinogigut is a shaman ritual for recently deceased people. The exploration of this ritual presents the researcher with various culture-specific challenges, issues of spirituality and science, and seeming contradictions. This article categorizes and explains terms, examines various spiritual aspects of the ritual and unravels ambiguities. In most cases, previous studies have concentrated on the form of the ritual, all but ignoring the nuanced role of the shaman who conducts the transcendent ritual. This paper references the form while investigating the content of the jinjinogigut, using the shaman’s point of view as a focal point for analysis of the ceremony from both scientific and religious perspectives. |
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| ISSN: | 1216-7827 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Shaman
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