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Pungmulgutpae Salpan (풍물굿패 살판)

Seoul·Seoul·South Koreaest. 1980s

Long-running professional pungmul-gut troupe that grew out of the 1980s university pungmul movement, performing full village-gut repertoires (madanggut, pangut) and contemporary creative pungmul. Frequent collaborator with theater and street-festival programs.

One of the canonical 'pungmulgutpae' (pungmul ritual-band) collectives of the post-democratization era.

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