Korean Doll Perfomance Festival
This gathering for children, held during the Andong Maskdance Festival, includes a variety of doll perfomances such as Korean traditional puppet shows and maskdances.
Chajeonnori(Important Intangible Cultural Property No.24)
This folk game commemorates the victory against Kyeon Hwon's attack of Andong. At that time three powerful local leaders, Kim Seonpyeong, Kwon Haeng and Jang Gil, helped Wang Kon, the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty, to gain this decisive victory.
Jeojeon Farmers' Ballad(Intangibe Cultural Property No.2)
This unique Andong ballad, sung by farmers to pass time in the fields and coordinate their work, has been passed down for countless generations and performed each year at the Andong Folk Festival.
Nottari Balggi(Intangible Cultural Property NO.7)
This folk dance originated from a historical event. King Gongmin, the 31 st King of the Goryeo Dynasty, sought refuge in Andong With his queen and court during the invasion of Goryeo by Chinese rebel in 1372. When the queen arrived at an stream on her way to Andong, the village women formed a human bridge so that she could cross it on their backs.
Hahoe Byeolsingut Maskdance(lmportat lntangible Cultural Property No.69)
To entertain the gods, a mask dance, redolent with social satire and comic elements was combined with a traditional exorcism Byeolsingut event where villagers prayed for their village's welfare and bountiful harvests.
Hahoe Seonyujulbulnori(Fireworks)
A fire burns along a rope knotted with pine sap and paper hung from the beach to a cliff. As the fire moves upwards the knots sparkle, dropping sparks like falling rain onto the river. This effect, already amazing, is added to by the thousands of lanterns floting by and the buring branches tossed from the cliffside. On the opening and closing weekends of the Annual Maskdance Festival the fire play is performed at Hohoe folk village in Andong .
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