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Traditional Dance and Music
710. Sonyurak, The Boating Dance

In this court dance performed for state functions since the middle of the Koryo period, a group of female dancers pull a decorated boat with two children aboard across the stage. After dropping anchor, the boat circles the stage, pulled with ropes by four dancers. The dance is performed to songs sung by fishermen and traditional songs sung when boats set sail

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