총 40페이지

Youth Casting
“Thegreatcheeringsound
wasmorethanweexpected”
▲Z-ingisperformingpungmulatFrankfurt’sRomerSquare.
the condition of the venues. “When selecting the places to
apparently shooing away the police officer,” said Min,
perform, I first checked the administrative law to see whether
recalling the whole situation. All of the Z-ing members were
performances in open areas were allowed. Then I made sure
sincerely touched by the claps and cheers from the audience.
Later, it turned out to be that the police officer watched their
our music wouldn’t disturb the other musicians who came
before us,” explained Park. These are the requirements Z-ing
performance together with the crowd and waited for the
had in choosing the large parks, squares, festivals and culture
short break to approach them. Members noticed the active
centersinwhichtoplaypungmul.
expressions of the Europeans, along with the manners of the
officertodifferfromwhattheyhadexperiencedinKorea.
Inaddition,peopletherehaverarelyseenperformersplaying
music while dancing around at the same time like pungmul.
Thesceneandrhythmicbeatofthemusiccameasanewgenre
Z-ingringsamessage
of music to Europeans, attracting a large audience. Simply
put, members playing traditional percussion instruments while
dancing,dressedincolorfulclothesandextraordinaryhatswith
Based on the story of Z-ing, everyone can learn from the
longwhitebands,becamequiteasceneintheopenareas.The
braveness of these university students. “I’d like to say that
first reaction came from little children jumping and running
Z-ing was like a pioneer in that we paved our own way in
around to the beat, and then adults started nodding to the
accordancewithourinterests,notfollowingamanualsetbya
rhythmandtakingpictures.“Ourveryfirstperformanceofthe
certaincorporationororganization.Iwantotherstoundertake
tourwasinPrague,andtheaudiencegaveusatotalof400,000
challenges like us,” emphasized Park. Kang added that the
woninourinstrumentcasealongwithalotofcheers,”recalled
members, himself included, became more self-confident
Kang. After that first performance, Z-ing members were sure
becausetheyachievedsomethingnobodyelseattempted.
thatpungmulhadcompetivenessinEurope.
All of the members had a tough and bumpy way to achieve
The members’ most unforgettable performance pointed out
their goals, but they achieved their objectives in the end
another difference between the attitudes of Europeans and
and learned even more. Though these students’ European
Koreans. “It was in Paris, when we were getting ready for the
performancetourtoshareKoreantraditionalmusicwithother
second part of the performance. The crowd around us was
countries may not be something to add to a resume, it surely
sitting down waiting for us when a police officer came up to
canbecomeaspecialstoryandmemory.
us and said that we have to stop our music because there was
(More pictures and videos at Z-ing’s page, https://www.
a complaint from a citizen about the noise. It was then when
facebook.com/fc.zing)
the audience started clapping for us to continue the pungmul,
bloomindi@hufs.ac.kr
JUNE 2013
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