칠성 새남굿- Chilseong SaenamGut (Duringut): Ritual for Sickness

LIVE ARTS IN RESISTANCE / Eastside Arts Alliance, NAKA Dance Theater and Puri Arts present…

칠성 새남굿- Chilseong SaenamGut (Duringut): Ritual for Sickness

Ritual performance by Puri Arts, CoRazOn, Ieumsae MU Ritual drummers and ARU CRE Cohorts.

Nov 18th 6:30pm at Eastside Cultural Center $20

Nov 19th 3pm at Eastside Cultural Center for community event

Nov 20th 10am “When the land stands alone” at West Berkeley Shellmound Sacred site

Address: 1920 Fourth St, Berkeley • FREE event

TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/-chilseong-saenamgut-duringut-ritual-for-sickness-tickets-457894293157

PROGRAM NOTES

I call upon this ritual “Chilseong Saenamgut,” a ritual for sickness, illness and destruction from Jeju Island, my hometown, because we need to confront and heal. This ritual is for facing and naming challenges, for purging destructive and monstrous spirits (Heomaengyee-허맹이 *) white supremacy, patriarchal culture here and back to homeland and inviting vital spirits (Chilseong-칠성신 **) back to humanity and land.

*Heomaengyee: a doll represents monstrous spirits **Chilseong: snakes represent vital spirits

We dedicate this ritual to the struggling earth where we all confront our identity, ancestral blockage, climate change, natural disasters and a global pandemic which has taken so many of lives. Especially for this site ritual, I call out our destructive humanity and the white supremacy of our colonized land.

– Dohee Lee