Genres of Hanguk-Eumak

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: When a large-scale Buddhist ritual is held, the monks perform chants and dances. The Buddhist chant, called beompae, is performed by special monks who have undergone a long period of training. The song is accompanied by the taejing(large gong) and taepyeongso(conical double-reed oboe). The Buddhist dance is called jakbeop, literally meaning, "to make manners." It includes a cymbal dance (called Bara chum), butterfly dance(called Nabi chum), and drum dance(called Beopgo chum).; There are four genres in the Buddhist chants. The indoor chant (Anchaebi sori), also called Yeombul, sings the prose sutra. The outdoor chant(called Geotchaebi sori) requires a professional quality and includes hossori and jissori. Hwacheong is sung to folk melodies in order to propagate the religious doctrine to the people.; Professional secular musicians are invited to a large-scale ritual. There are two kinds of band musicians; an ensemble consisting of the piri, daegeum, haegeum, and janggo, and a marching band made up of the nabal(metal trumpet), nagak(conch shell), yonggo(dragon drum), bara(cymbals), and jing(large gong).