[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Moon In) is holding a lively field song festival to celebrate the autumn season of harvest and abundance.
Buk-gu announced on the 28th that it will hold the regular performance of Yongjeon Field Songs, "Yongjeon Field Songs and Playground," online at 2 p.m. on the 30th at the Buk-gu Youth Training Center.
Yongjeon Field Songs are work songs sung to boost morale around the Yongjeon-dong area.
They were orally transmitted until the late 1960s but disappeared, and were revived in 1999 after about two years of historical verification. They are representative "nongyo" (farm songs) of Buk-gu, Gwangju.
This performance presented by the Yongjeon Field Song Preservation Society includes field songs such as ▲seedling tray making ▲pounding rice seedlings ▲rice planting ▲weeding ▲threshing, followed by exciting performances like jukbangul play, Jindo drum play, and Mudeungsan tiger mask dance.
Mayor Moon In of Buk-gu said, "I hope this performance will be an opportunity to inherit and develop the region’s cultural heritage," and added, "We will continue to actively support the widespread recognition of the tradition and cultural value of Yongjeon Field Songs nationwide."
Meanwhile, now in its 22nd year since revival, Yongjeon Field Songs have been recognized for their significance and preservation value through continuous efforts by Buk-gu and the Yongjeon Field Song Preservation Society, and were designated and announced as Gwangju City Intangible Cultural Property No. 22 in July 2014.
Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong bong2910@asiae.co.kr
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