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- From: 7007_5566@uwovax.uwo.ca (Henry E Chon)
- Subject: RE: bbong-jjak
- Organization: University of Western Ont, London
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:41:17 GMT
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- In article <21DEC92.13255318@meena.cc.uregina.ca>, jin123s@meena.cc.uregina.ca writes:
- > What the heck is bbong-jjak?
-
- I feel as if I am obliged to educate you poor folks who do not know what
- bbong-jjak is. Here is my definition (?) of it:
-
- As far as I know, bj started during the Japanese Occupation of Korea. bj is
- a type of music that is frequntly sung at Sool-Jib (I wanted to say bar, but
- somehow it doesn't seem right, if you know what I mean). It is usually about
- those sappy love stories we talked about before. I was told that there were
- some heated discussions about it being Japanese and thus shouldn't be so
- dearly loved. But it is already such bid part of Korean culture I doubt it
- will ever die away. If you have a chance to
- visit Korea and happen to pass by a street where there are a lot of Sool-Jib's
- then you are bound to hear some people singing their hearts out usually
- hammered. Try hanging out in front of colleges or something. It is a good
- place to start. One thing, though, bbong-jjak is never formally taught but
- you should know at least a couple of them if you'd like to hang out with the
- locals.
-
- Now, you know!
-
- Boy, I can use one of them night outs just about now. :) Maybe James will
- want to join me so I can teach him a few of bbong-jjak's, how 'bout it?
- --
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