During Joseon Era, Anseong was the origin of and home to Namsadang, a hub of Korea’s popular culture. Anseong city holds this festival every year since 2001 in order to pass down Namsadang traditional culture and the artistic spirit of “Baudeogi”.

This year, we have moved the place of festival to the Riverside Park of Anseong for the convenience of visitors, arranged the Namsadang culture to suit the sentiment and the taste of customers so that anyone can easily appreciate the culture. These newly organized excellent performances include the rope dancing of the Namsadang troupe, Pungmul nori (performance with folk percussion and woodwind instruments), Salpan (acrobatics), mask play, Tolmi (Puppet play) and Beo-na play (Plate-spinning), offering more opportunities for the visitors to experience the outstanding Namsadang play.

At the same time, the Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival has been designated as an official associate event by the International Council for Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Arts (CIOFF), an official UNESCO NGO organization, starting in 2006 and the folk performance troupes from 6 countries will also participate in this event to make it mover diversified cultural experience.

We have reproduced the ancient market of Joseon Era for your experience and learning. There are more than 200 events scheduled to be held throughout the festival period including the ‘National Baudeogi Pungmul Contest’ where more than 1,500 performers participate. Come and enjoy the Anseong Baudeogi festival which is launched from Sep. 30th(Tue)~ Oct. 5th(Sun) starting with the Gombaengi-tugi (Eve) on Sep. 29th(Mon).