Although I have to admit that I find this kind of things being interesting.....somehow I have yet to make sure that I do not believe in such things as psychic or any palmistry reading.....^^
Ok...I'm not going to blurt something out about the stuffs. I just want to say that from what I learned from my today's class discussion, I learn that there are lots of Korean people who still find this kind of divine specialties being important in their daily life. I think it makes sense..in a way that mudang or a spiritual sort of healer does exist even in the modern day Korea. Some people do indeed seek advice from someone deemed to possess such power to tell as to whether a certain date or day is good or appropriate enough to do business, to meet a client, to open a store, to have a trip, to get engaged, to get married, to find a job, and the list goes on.....
When I learned about this, I recollect my experiences of being raised in Indonesia where this kind of belief also (Indeed it does) persists.
Some Indonesians believe in dukun (Indonesian word for mudang)
Out of the discussion, I came to a preliminary conclusion that these two cultures share a relatively similar tendencies of being a spiritual culture--especially in the sense of mudang or dukun's presence in the society.
What I did not find in Indonesia is the fact that.....some people with no previous experiences or learning whatsoever...could suddenly become mudang after he or she got suddenly sick or terribly ill. Some doctors or any modern-day diagnosis would call this person as having a psychological disorder. He or she might have nothing wrong whatsoever with his/her body. It's just....apparently they are okey but they are suffering. Some say...the only solution to cure this kind of illness is for them to succumb or surrender themselves or to accept themselves as the newly appointed mudang. It's a very very interesting remark in Korea's mudang existence.
I also learned that there were artists or singers who later on became mudang after being suffering from this kind of sickness...which to not-everyone's surprise...the only way for them to be cured is by being a mudang. Hmmm...I think this is quite an interesting fact.
Oh..one more thing....there are also numerous kinds of mudang to begin with. Even there is this so-called a child-mudang. Not that the mudang is a child, instead....it was a grown up woman (usually) who is possessed by a child's spirit which later on urge or makes her speak like a child and chant or cast a spell or give a blessing to those who are seeking a future-reading on their fortune.
I think..this one, too, is a very challenging thing to see more.
Ok...I'm not going to blurt something out about the stuffs. I just want to say that from what I learned from my today's class discussion, I learn that there are lots of Korean people who still find this kind of divine specialties being important in their daily life. I think it makes sense..in a way that mudang or a spiritual sort of healer does exist even in the modern day Korea. Some people do indeed seek advice from someone deemed to possess such power to tell as to whether a certain date or day is good or appropriate enough to do business, to meet a client, to open a store, to have a trip, to get engaged, to get married, to find a job, and the list goes on.....
When I learned about this, I recollect my experiences of being raised in Indonesia where this kind of belief also (Indeed it does) persists.
Some Indonesians believe in dukun (Indonesian word for mudang)
Out of the discussion, I came to a preliminary conclusion that these two cultures share a relatively similar tendencies of being a spiritual culture--especially in the sense of mudang or dukun's presence in the society.
What I did not find in Indonesia is the fact that.....some people with no previous experiences or learning whatsoever...could suddenly become mudang after he or she got suddenly sick or terribly ill. Some doctors or any modern-day diagnosis would call this person as having a psychological disorder. He or she might have nothing wrong whatsoever with his/her body. It's just....apparently they are okey but they are suffering. Some say...the only solution to cure this kind of illness is for them to succumb or surrender themselves or to accept themselves as the newly appointed mudang. It's a very very interesting remark in Korea's mudang existence.
I also learned that there were artists or singers who later on became mudang after being suffering from this kind of sickness...which to not-everyone's surprise...the only way for them to be cured is by being a mudang. Hmmm...I think this is quite an interesting fact.
Oh..one more thing....there are also numerous kinds of mudang to begin with. Even there is this so-called a child-mudang. Not that the mudang is a child, instead....it was a grown up woman (usually) who is possessed by a child's spirit which later on urge or makes her speak like a child and chant or cast a spell or give a blessing to those who are seeking a future-reading on their fortune.
I think..this one, too, is a very challenging thing to see more.
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