Meet a 21st Century Korean Shaman (무당) | That's The Tea

That's The Tea is a VICE original vertical series that offers a glimpse into the lives of eccentric individuals from rare, strange, and fascinating walks of life.
In this first episode, we interviewed Kim Juhyoung, a mudang/무당 (Korean Shaman). A mudang is someone who connects the dead and the living to solve problems, and it is part of Korea's old tradition and culture. Kim Juhyoung speaks about what it's like to be a mudang in 2021.
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[@everydaynothing9964]

I am a Shaman myself and I can related to what he is saying. Near death or we call it Shaman illness is very common in our culture as well. Being a shaman is not something I chose to practice but the Shaman spirits chose me. I don’t learn Shamanism from books but from my spiritual guides.

[@LG-nh4bs]

What's your nationality?

[@kokekuka24]

@@LG-nh4bs Norway

[@samuraijackoff5354]

The Mongols have a similar set of shamanism too

[@LG-nh4bs]

@kokeku ka wow I thought white people no longer practice Shamanism. Good for u. Yes Shamanistic spirits chose you unlike other religion.

[@valeriagonzalez8321]

Were you really involved or were interested in your culture’s religion when the spirits chose you? What do you think made them choose you?

[@karmaoutlaw]

Now we need Part 2, where we get to observe him treating customers, and the results of their treatment.

[@XMtnDude]

His explanation of how people become a shaman is accurate. The miao people in china goes through the same thing.

[@heykiki___]

Growing up, my family was very good friends with a shaman, and she helped us connect with our grandfather. It’s a big part of Korean history. There are so many misconceptions about shamanism.

[@niamtxiv]

Awesome ❤️

[@NepalShaman]

Greeting from Nepal Himalays. Power to the World Tribal Healers.

[@genchgenlgvan64]

Wow it's crazy how similar Korean shamanism is to Hmong shamanism

[@Alicia-hs8dz]

What a beautiful culture✨

[@emiliobello2538]

Amazing

[@Musok-gn4ln]

I have chills all over my body hearing his testimony.,, I died when I was six years old, and totally understand what he is talking about. I am an Irish Shaman and deeply respect the Musok traditions.

[@saramuzir]

Yesss !

[@WhitneyDahlin]

Really? Out of all the questions you can ask this guy who talks to dead people and is a shaman you go with "What's your favorite tea?"???!! Really??!!! this guy is super interesting and you couldn't come up with any other question instead of that??? Like wtf. I really wish vice had better journalists.

[@Wandrative]

@@mk4883 This is a 3000 year old tradition, not a fking hipster.

[@Musok-gn4ln]

Hey now, tea is important

[@zeauk]

21st Century Shaman, call it a "Mood Dang"

[@Musok-gn4ln]

Paksu. Men are Paksu, women are Mudang.

[@dw1601]

안녕하세요. First of all, thank you so much for making this video. I think this interview is really interesting and there's a lot of information about mudang that I got from here. I hope you don't mind if I use your work in this record as one of my source for my undergraduate thesis. I also write this Link as one of my research source. Feel free to ask me about my research and I will send you the summary/abstract about it. Thank you so much.

[@LordJagd]

How’d your thesis go?

[@wendyadorable17]

I want to see mudang

[@johnmckinney5931]

The things he has said about shamanism seem pretty accurate and factual

[@creolequeenkia4404]

Im coming out of a Very difficult Shaman illness Western traditional medicine has made it worse. I send love and enduring vibrations to all of you across the world who are called for this.

[@user-bj3mq5nf9j]

🙏

[@birju4333]

Bring back the 3 rituals step back plz. Greeting from Nepal .

[@dikpagalih]

GIVE ME A TRANSLATE

[@blessparco]

As a Filipina-French who practices both East Asian and SE Asian esoteric arts as well as Western esoteric arts, I find this to be very cool.

[@Athompthomp]

as someone who's been experiencing this shamanism thing, which I'd never imagined my whole life I would ever get to know, I detest how spirit system of east asian culture works, especially that of Korea. Those ancestors who I've never even known come to me and harras and force me to do what they want just to save me? from what? why can't they just leave me alone?

[@Kulbir92]

What does this shaman know about Rolling down in the deep?🤔

[@dashkaenkh-amgalan5320]

Saw him.He is a real shaman.Many things are true about shamanism. But when I go to Korea, there are really few places with natural energy.He tries to live too easily.If you have good skills, fight evil spirits,Save lives from the messenger of death,give spiritual protection to the righteous,Help the right people turn the time cycle profitably.

[@dashkaenkh-amgalan5320]

@Kung Fu Warlock 1.Can do both. 2.Currently,No one has the ability to live forever.The 5 basic energies of nature ;such as fire,water,earth,iron,wind don't age.This level can be reached only by fully studying the basic methods of its natural circulation. Not as easy as talk. 3.Shamans don't just interact with people.Holy spririts in heaven,black spirits,guardian spirits of the earth........Communicate with them. Of course, The purpose of each them is different. The purpose be different depending on which side you contact. 4.This World is a place of balance.You are born into this world to understand the difference between good and bad. 5.Since religion is a tool of oppression ,combined with money and political power ,there is no need to study it.This also includes shamanism.

[@dashkaenkh-amgalan5320]

But forever life is not yet possible.

[@dashkaenkh-amgalan5320]

Praying and reciting mantras doesn't save lives. It depends on the ability.

[@dashkaenkh-amgalan5320]

@Kung Fu Warlock I know what i Know. I dont know what I dont know.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

@@dashkaenkh-amgalan5320 Praying and Mantras are more like keeping memory or control of what you think than to save lives. People nowadays do that with mantras to calm down or to focus

[@ricardogalvan1031]

Wow, an actually good video from VICE that isn't about something utterly obscene or just stupid. Finally.

[@blessparco]

As a Filipina-French who practices both East Asian and SE Asian esoteric arts as well as Western esoteric arts, I find this to be very cool. Fascinating to see that it has similarities with Filipino Babaylanism (shamanism) as well.

[@grecovanfreak]

Paul blanco

[@OmTinhyeuPhoquat]

Spiritual illness, I think would mean spiritual symptoms

[@Kai-wf5tg]

christianity is wiping out korean culture

[@SeoWoojin55]

not really and I think this is comment by a troll or one based in cultural chauvinism and religious intolerance. Majority of people in Korea, even registered Christians believe in Korean traditional beliefs which are rooted in Korean shamanism. And Around 60% of Koreans that do not practice Christianity or Buddhism believe mostly in traditional Korean religion. Check your facts because even the Philippines that was colonized for 4 centuries and us majority Christian unlike Korea has kept a lot of its traditional culture. Korea has still kept most of it even in the 21st century so I do not know what youre blabbering about

[@DesertVox]

No one knows the FUTURE except the Creator of the Future.

[@zeauk]

Tyler the Creator

[@efraingonzalez9939]

Jajaja

[@adejareojo]

This is not 🍶Asian🗻Boss™💡 video📹

[@drachenfeuer5042]

So his god is on the crapper

[@es8336]

at least his god has a shape and volume, its something. Yours was never seen or heard or contacted and never will.

[@viralbananas]

Vice couldnt have picked a worse Mudang to interview. This guy is not legit.

[@XX-jk7hx]

Wow, what this men is talking about is about child neglectence and sometimes when people see the opean ocean for the forst time they feel "overwhelmed" or "scared" so what he descrives are normal feelings...wow...