남북한 어린이 민속놀이의 변화와 지속

Abstract

A folk play is often referred to as folk amusement, folk games,folk entertainment, folklore play and local amusement. Starting froma religious ceremony and the New Year’s customs, the play expandsits range to include pastime and leisure to enjoy daily life. Amongthem, ‘children’s play’ is performed between boys and girls, and it ismostly composed of simple games and played from time to time. Inthis case, group play is further developed rather than individual play,and one traditional children’s play before the division of the Koreanpeninsula now shows the difference in the names of plays andmethods on how to play according to the different political systemof South and North Korea. In North Korea, children’s folk play isstrongly recommended both at school and at home from theirchildhood, and it is actively encouraged in festive and nationalholidays at a national level. On the other hand, in the case of SouthKorea, methods on how to play traditional folk games are introducedbased on traditional children’s folk plays, and ways to utilize themin education are presented so that children can enjoy games based oncontemporary lifestyle and culture. In addition, children’s folk play inSouth Korea helps to form a peer culture trough a peer play due tothe development of group play, whereas group play in North Korea is designed to swear allegiance to the national leader throughmandatory participation of children in national holiday. After all, South Korea gives priority to improving the health ofchildren’s mind and body through the modernization of traditionalchildren’s folk plays, while North Korea prioritizes the injection ofthe socialist ideology and system into children and brainwashingthrough political folk plays intended to emphasize communitarianism,and inherit and develop the socialist ideology. These results suggestthat modern succession will proceed as one traditional children’s folkplay shows similar methods on how to play, while its content istotally different according to each system resulting from the spatialdifference of South and North Korea.