ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾದ ದ್ವೀಪ ಜೆಜುವಿನ ಗುರಿಯೊಂಬಿ ಗ್ರಾಮದ ಹತ್ತಿರ, ಶಾಮನ್ನರು ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ ಸಾಗರವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರು ಚೋಗಮ್ಜೆ ಸಮಾರಂಭವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ 18.000 ದೇವರುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ದೇವತೆಗಳು ಸಾಗರದಿಂದ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ. ದೇವರುಗಳು ಸೈಟ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುವ ಮೊದಲು ಅದನ್ನು ಮೊದಲು ಶುದ್ಧೀಕರಿಸಬೇಕು. For thousands of years these religious and spiritual rituals have provided prosperity for the villagers.

"(…) After seating them, the Shimbang Shaman prays to them for the well being of the villagers and for saving Ganjeong.”

ಫೋಟೋ: ಬಾಸ್ Verschuuren, 2012

– Hong Sunyoung, expert and researcher

The Gureombi’s sacred sites, and with it the traditional rituals, are directly threatened by the construction of a navy base near Gangjeong village. Development of the base conflicts with the original lifestyle of the villagers and the fear is that presence of the base will permanently change the unique lifestyle of the villagers. This is both a danger for the environment and for the socio-cultural life of the villagers as the two are closely connected.

A difficulty in protecting Gureombi sacred site, and many others, is that they are not registered and often only visited by the older generation. Destroying these holy natural sites will bring an end to an age old lifestyle and might destroy it forever. Safe Jeju now is part of an international protest campaign aiming to stop development of the navy base. For more information about protests or threats to the site see the ‘Save Jeju now’ ವೆಬ್ಸೈಟ್ or read the online ಉದಾಹರಣಾ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ that was developed after the SNS initiative visited the site and recorded the traditional ceremony in 2012 as part of a group of international sacred natural sites custodians.

 

ಮೂಲಕ: Rianne Doller