The festival of Miryang-paekchung-nori is held annually in the town of Miryang, Korea, on the day of the dragon, which is around July 15th according to the old calender. This study discusses the people who take part in the festival, and their social status. In order to understand their social status better, the study focused on those who participated in the preceding research, and correlations among them. People who take part in the festival have formulated their own original festival procedure, and have preserved it; however, the festival has been influenced by the modernization and urbanization of Korean society, and thus has gradually declined. Between 1970 and 1980, various people including one of the organizers planned to reshape the festival as a form of traditional entertainment, and their creative work was promoted. The person who played the main role in promoting the festival was F1, who was a descendent of Gullippae and his partner of Kisaeng union. Also, E, who was a descendent of Namsadangpae, played an important role. Therefore the social status of these keymen was not ajon or even yangban which form the middle or upper class, but were descendents of the lowest class who had been looked down on by society. Moreover, the various original performances of these people had gradually become integrated into Miryang with time.
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