Pungmul (Hangul: 풍물; Hanja: 風物 IPA: ) is a
Korean folk music tradition that includes
drumming,
dancing, and
singing. Most performances are outside, with dozens of players, all in constant motion.
Pungmul is rooted in the
dure (collective labor)
farming culture. It was originally played as part of farm work, on rural holidays, at other village community-building events, and to accompany
shamanistic rituals, mask dance dramas, and other types of performance. During the late 1960s and 1970s it expanded in meaning and was actively used in political
protest during the pro-democracy movement, although today it is most often seen as a performing art.