00:00:03Christianity rain many still turned to
00:00:06the old folk beliefs of shamanism belief
00:00:09in a world inhabited by spirits but to
00:00:14become a Korean shaman a believer must
00:00:17pass an initiation called the Noreen
00:00:19coot a right so extreme that few would
00:00:23attempt it while some are born to their
00:00:29role as shamans others like ji-yong
00:00:32receive their calling through a mystic
00:00:34illness called shinbe young she may look
00:00:39healthy but Jiyeon has been tormented by
00:00:42spirits since childhood sometimes I’d be
00:00:47in so much pain that it left he almost
00:00:50completely paralyzed one day she had a
00:00:55dream she dreamed of a shaman but didn’t
00:01:00know who she was I saw a shaman all
00:01:04dressed up and participating in some
00:01:06activity I felt I needed to find her
00:01:12the shaman Indians dream turned out to
00:01:15be real her name was Kim kumoi the
00:01:18acknowledged leader of northern style
00:01:20ecstatic shamanism Kim kumoi agreed to
00:01:25take Jiyeon into her home to prepare her
00:01:28for the initiation ceremony if jeon
00:01:33fails this test the spirit will not
00:01:36possess her and she will not be cured
00:01:41it’s morning on the day chosson 4g ons
00:01:44naar een coot initiation with the
00:01:50beating of the drum and the banging of
00:01:51the gongs the novel coot begins jian
00:01:57puts on her first costume and prepares
00:01:59to summon a god she enters into what’s
00:02:05called an ecstatic trance these shamans
00:02:12believe that in this trance her mind
00:02:14becomes possessed and she speaks in the
00:02:16spirits voices Jian and the other
00:02:21shamans dance for hours changing
00:02:23costumes after every spirit possession
00:02:32the time has come for Kim kumoi to call
00:02:36upon the knife riding general her
00:02:38guardian spirit as an indication of the
00:02:43general spirit within her she licks the
00:02:46blades and presses them against her
00:02:47thighs she climbs up onto the
00:02:53double-edged shock two knives and dances
00:02:58no blood is shed while she addresses the
00:03:01audience in the spirits voice announcing
00:03:04his presence finally it is G yawns turn
00:03:17gian steps onto the knives and she
00:03:21begins to dance fortunately her feet do
00:03:27not bleed jion’s passed the final test I
00:03:36feel like I have the whole world in my
00:03:38hands but this is only the beginning she
00:03:44will have to undergo years of training
00:03:46under the guidance of cam kumoi
00:03:49hopefully she will find greater peace
00:03:52and happiness fulfilling her destiny as
00:03:55a shaman
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