Saturday, May 8, 2021

Shamanism Endures In Both Koreas — But In The North, Shamans Risk Arrest Or Worse

Shaman Jeong Soon-deok holds up a fan, bells and other ceremonial objects during an initiation ceremony at a temple in Seoul.

Combining elements of animism, ancestor worship and folk religion, shamanism remains popular on both sides of the border. But it's illegal in the North, and some who practice it have been executed.

(Image credit: Anthony Kuhn/NPR)

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