[UNESCO] Namsadang Nori

Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Namsadang Nori, literally the ‘all-male vagabond clown theatre’, is a multifaceted folk performance tradition originally practised widely by travelling entertainers and now kept alive by professional troupes in the Republic of Korea. In addition to entertaining rural audiences that would surround the performers in outdoor arenas, Namsadang Nori carried an important social message. The mask dance and puppet play in particular enacted the oppression of the lower classes as well as women in a male-dominated society.
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