Gwonbeon Art’ is a term that encompasses vocal music, instrumental music, and dance that were passed down in Gwonbeon. This term includes the range of time from the 1910s to 1971 when the name and system were changed to the Gisaeng Association, Gwon...
Gwonbeon Art’ is a term that encompasses vocal music, instrumental music, and dance that were passed down in Gwonbeon. This term includes the range of time from the 1910s to 1971 when the name and system were changed to the Gisaeng Association, Gwonbeon, or Gugak Center.
‘Namwon Female Nongak Band’ and ‘Chunhyang Female Nongak Band’ are the same in that they are both female Nongak bands generated in Namwon. But they contrast in terms of the purpose or the subjects of operation of the groups. The operating groups of the two organizations both contributed to the transmission of Namwon Kwonbeon Art and cooperated with each other on regional issues. However, they showed opposing characteristics:patrons vs. artists, Confucianism vs. Shamanism, and the superiority of power vs. the superiority of cultural capital.
The outbreak and division of the two female Nongak bands can be interpreted as a symbolic event showing conflict and competition among the patron forces related to the Namwon Gugak Center in the 1950s and 1960s and ‘the Kang family’, the artist group.