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VARIETY AND MEANING IN JULDARIGI, KOREAN TUG-OF-WAR
During Dan-o, Daeboreum, and Chuseok, pre-modern Koreans used to hold celebrations composed of rituals to the communal deity, communal games, and various folk arts. Among the communal games, the tug-of-war was the most common. It was widely distributed around the central southern region of Korea and played simultaneously or in rotation with other communal games.
Yang-myeong Han Professor, Department of Folklore, Andong National University
2014