전라북도 세습무의 쇠퇴 과정에 관한 고찰

Abstract

Almost all hereditary shaman guts of Jeollabuk-do have disappeared. This paper studies what phases of change they have experienced to perish. Though the strong and stubborn caste system of the Joseon Dynasty was officially abolished thanks to the Gabo Revolution in 1894, the old custom still made a discrimination among people. Further, though the Korean War unexpectedly led to the positive changes like mobility or dissolution of the strong class system, hereditary shamans didn't make themselves free from the restrictions they were born with. Meanwhile, though relative, in Jeollabuk-do, Pansori singers and musical instrument players were respected in the society, and, thus, male shamans decided to leave their world to join other entertainment industries. Hereditary female shamans, who had to get assistance from male shamans, evaluated them positively and, further even respected them. Strangely enough, the hereditary female shamans evaluated the Korean traditional music of their husbands or male relatives high, but looked down upon 'goin'(drum players) of their gutpan. Thus, hereditary female shamans of Jeollabuk-do had to do their gut without goin's assistance, and, in the process, shaman's musical rhythm got weakened. Singing styles of shaman songs had to be distorted into self-beat sitting gut rather than standing gut to the goin's beat. As social conditions began to