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In the age of the Internet, Korean shamans regain popularity
Topic: Society 12:27 pm EDT, Jul  6, 2007

Seoul is among the most relentlessly modern cities of Asia, with high-speed Internet and plasma TV sets. But an estimated 300 shamanistic temples nestle in hills less than an hour from the city center, and the clamorous ceremony known as gut (pronounced "goot") is a daily routine. The shamans offer a pig to placate the gods. They dance with toy guns to comfort the spirit of a dead child. They intimidate evil spirits by walking barefoot on knife blades.

In an election year, like this one, the most famous shamans are fully booked.

Many younger shamans maintain blogs on the Internet.

In the age of the Internet, Korean shamans regain popularity



 
 
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