- Jultagi
Infobox Korean name
caption=The performance of "Jultagi" inJeonju ,South Korea .
hangul=줄타기 / 어름
hanja="none"
rr=jultagi / eoreum
mr=chultaki / ŏrŭm"Jultagi" or "eoreum" is traditional
Korea n performance oftightrope-walking . It is included intoSouth Korea 'sImportant Intangible Cultural Properties number 58.Origin
There is no evidence when this
acrobatic performance was originated. Some scholars presumed it appeared duringSilla andGoryeo era. [cite news|url=http://www.nricp.go.kr/eng/info/video_list.jsp?vid=v01_35.jsp|publisher=National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage|title=Jultagi(Rope walking)|date= Retrieved onOctober 4 ,2007 ] It became more famous inJoseon dynasty era and still exist until nowadays.It is different from tightrope-walking style of other countries, because it is usually accompanied by music plays by telling a story to entertain viewers. Jultagi is held on the Korean national holidays like
Daeboreum , Dano andChuseok holidays.Korean folk village in Seoul also presents this play to entertain tourists. It was also performed in events held in the royal palace, banquets of high-ranking government officers or village festivals. The tightrope walking performance is composed of a rope player, a clown and musical instrument players.An example of these plays can be seen in the movie The "
King and the Clown ". [cite news|url=http://twitchfilm.net/archives/006941.html|publisher=twitchfilm|title=[KING AND THE CLOWN SPECIAL] 왕의 남자 (The King and The Clown) [Part 3] |date= Retrieved onOctober 4 ,2007 ]Technique
There are more than 40 kinds of Jultagi techniques including a walking on a tight rope as the basic motion, a reversed walking on it, leaping with one foot on it, sitting and lying on it, and sometimes pretending to fall down. [cite news|url=http://www.nricp.go.kr/eng/info/video_list.jsp?vid=v01_35.jsp|publisher=National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage|title=Jultagi(Rope walking)|date= Retrieved on
October 4 ,2007 ] Another elaborate tightrope walking trick is jumping up after kneeling on the tightrope with one knee and then landing on the rope in a cross-legged sitting position.Some expert tightrope walkers can jump forward while standing on the rope without falling. [cite news|url=http://www.arirang.co.kr/Tv2/ALegacy_Whatson.asp?PROG_CODE=TVCR0301&MENU_CODE=100753&sys_lang=Eng|publisher=ArirangTV|title=Jultagi, A Korean Tightrope Performance|date= Retrieved onOctober 22 ,2007 ]ee also
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Korean dance
*Korean culture
*Nongak References
External links
* [http://www.jultagi.com/ 줄타기] (Korean/English)
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