Busan Nongak Preservation Society (부산농악보존회)
Custodian of Busan Nongak (Busan Metropolitan City Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 6), a Yeongnam-style coastal nongak that grew out of the dure bands of the Suyeong area. Operates under the Suyeong Historic Folk Arts Preservation Association umbrella.
Performs at Suyeong-gu's annual folk arts festival alongside Suyeong-yaryu mask dance.
External page. Check current meetings, membership, and joining details directly with the group.
Other korean pungmul / nongak bands
Holder of National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 11-2 (Pyeongtaek Nongak), a representative Utdari (upper-region) style nongak featuring the famous mudongnori (child acrobat pyramids). Active community preservation society that runs the Pyeongtaek Nongak Transmission Hall.
Custodian of Iri Nongak, the Honam Udo (right-side Honam) style farmers' band tradition from the Iksan/Iri plains of Jeollabuk-do. Recognized as National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 11-3 in 1985, with distinctive colorful flower hats (kkokkal) and intricate sangmo spinning.
Preserves Gangneung Nongak, the Yeongdong-style farmers' band of the east coast, tied historically to communal labor (dure) bands and the Dano Festival. Designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 11-4 in 1985; the society performs year-round at the Gangneung Danoje Festival grounds.
Village-rooted preservation society for Imsil Pilbong Nongak, the Honam Jwado (left-side Honam) tradition from Pilbong village. Centered on the Pilbong Cultural Village (필봉문화촌); the tradition was designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 11-5 in 1988.
Yeongnam-style nongak society that holds National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 11-1 (first nongak ever designated, 1966). Known for fast tempo, military-style 12-cha (twelve-section) pangut and athletic sangmo-dolligi.
Village-based nongak society formed by ~40 residents of Sinchon Village to preserve Gurye Jansu Nongak, a Honam Jwado farmers' band designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 11-6 in 2010. Selected as an exemplary transmission group five years running (2015-2020).