Comforting and blessing people’s path of life <Buddhist Greetings of the Flower of Life>: Seocheon Flower Field, where the flower of reincarnation, which brings back the dead, and the flower of destruction, the flower that brings death to anyone, are in bloom. Since Simbang deals with the beginning and end of human life, the rituals of Buddhist rituals are performed in Seocheon Flower Garden and life blooms. Words and melodies containing the joys and sorrows of Jeju people ring out, and after opening the door to life through the Suruk dance, the evil thoughts and painful feelings in one’s heart are released to the tune of the Saedorim song. Afterwards, the flower of life blooms through the Halmangdori that follows and blesses the lives that are once again on the path.
Correctly paving the way of God <Finding Hidden Mengdu, Ancient Mengdu>: Gobun (hidden) Mengdu is a ritual to find hidden Mengdu, and is a ritual to find sacred objects to find Myeongdu, whom Simbang regards as an ancestor. The characteristic of this process of finding a sacred object is expressed in a theatrical way by hiding the Mengdu in the atrium, discussing the method of finding the Myeongdu with difficulty while performing a rite and exorcism, and showing the playful way of barely finding the Myeongdu and giving it to the main lord. . In this way, Saesimbang, who has a new Mengdu through Gobun Mengdu, is incorporated into the order of Susimbang and Myeongdu of the small shamans who correct the divine path, and as a new Simbang, walks the path as a mediator between Sim and humans.
Song of God and Man: Seo Woo-je
The sound of Seowooje is woven into the life of Jeju. Those who sang both in happy and sad times are incorporated into our lives. This song is also sung at funeral ceremonies, and it can be seen that the characteristics of Jeju gut are that death also sings and dances to comfort the dead. In this way, with the sound of Seowooje, who consoles the remaining people through song and opens the path of the gods and sees the dead go to the afterlife, the body of this world and the dream of the afterlife meet each other and picture life as one song.
Planning:/Oh Yoo-jeong
VA shooting, editing / Insphere
Appearance / Jeju Big Gut Preservation Society Sim Bangnim and 5 other performers
Performance date / 2020.05.22-23,30 (VR filming)
Performance location / Filmed at Jeju Folk Village and Jeju Big Gut Preservation Society