This video won the grand prize at the 2022 Stone Culture Park value Promotion Contents Competition. As a narration and music video style, this work uses a form of singing and dancing to reflect on the myths and traces of "Seolmundae Halmang."
It positively interpreted the tragic death of Seolmundae Halmang as a resurrection and transfer, but at the same time contained a message of praise and reward for the devoted motherhood of Jeju women, which would have originated.
Music Title: Song From The Jeju Island (Composed and arranged by Janinto. 2019)
Vocal and Dance: Janinto and Yejin
Filmming: Janinto and Yejin
The Jeju creation myth of "Seolmundae Halmang" is told through oral tradition, not through clear documentary records, and various stories are told depending on the subject and region of the oral tradition. But within that diversity we find a common element: the goddess of creation is a very human and feminine. In other words, they have a family like humans, have emotional exchanges and cooperation with humans, feel joy and sadness, and perform traditional women's tasks such as laundry and cooking.
Seolmundae Halmang was the goddess of creation and dedication for Jeju Island and the people here. But she didn't have enough for herself, so she had to deal with humans for clothes, and she died miserable while cooking to feed her 500 sons, or she drowned in the water duck lake that she had created herself.
I reinterpreted this very tragic element as follows.
1) The death of Seolmundae Halmang means not extinction, but revival through the harmony of her 500 sons, revival through the oreum and islands of Jeju Island, and revival as a spiritual center for Jeju residents.
2) The motherhood and creativity of Seolmundae Halmang are myths that are copied/originated from the lives of Jeju women.
3) This myth is not an extinction tragedy, but a positive comedy through absorption and revival.
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