봉산탈 / 춘향가

재 얼굴 봉산탈 같에요?

i went to a gepik workshop and all i got was this awesome mask!

all i learned at the time was that this particular mask, 봉산탈 (bongsan-tal), came from north korea.  this website here gives a good description of the dance-drama that this mask is part of.

on a similar note, tom and i met hyunkyung one friday night at the 국립중앙극장 (national theater) to watch sangil perform in 춘향가 (choon-hyang story).  sangil played the male lead, mong-ryong, in this traditional story which is kind of like romeo and juliet.  it was shown with sub-titles, which was nice, but i regret ever looking at now, as too much of my attention was fixated on reading through most of the play.  i really found the stage design simple yet powerful and wish i had seen more of what was happening on it throughout the play.  next time i'll just watch, to hell with the words.