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Pansori 판소리

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Pansori (Korean: 판소리) is a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer. The term pansori is a compounds of the Korean words pan 판 and sori 소리, the latter of which means "sound." However, pan has multiple meanings, and scholars disagree on which was the intended meaning when the term was coined. One meaning is "a situation where many people are gathered." Another meaning is "a song composed of varying tones." In music, Gugwangdae describes a long story that takes as little as three hours and as much as eight hours or more. It is one of the traditional forms of Korean music that mixes body movements and songs to the accompaniment of a buk drum played by a gosu.

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Pansori (판소리) — verified Korean cultural heritage / traditional art. Since 1800.

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• Instrument: buk drum
• Language: Korean
• English Name: Pansori

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Verified & tracked since 2026-08-15 · 91 verified snapshots.

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