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The Kangrung Mask Dance is Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 34. It has been handed down from generation to generation in Kangrung, Hwanghaedo.

It was restored after the Korea civil war by those who moved from North Korea to South Korea. It was performed at the Dano festival, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It starts on the eve of the Dano festival and continues until the following day of the Dano festival. The performers used to be farmers and fishermen.

People wearing long sleeves dance very slowly.
The conflict between the servant and the noble man has been watered down and, yet, the jester between them boasts the uniqueness of the Korean language.

It consists of seven parts.
The first part of the mask dance is the lion dance.
Two lions and a footman dance to Tarung and Gutguree beats, ending with a unique monkey dance.
The second part is a servants' dance. Unlike the other mask dances, two servants appears on the stage and dance to the music.
The third and fourth parts are the Buddhist's dance. A Buddhist monk dances on the stage, by which one can guess that he is a apostate monk. It makes fun of Buddhism that failed to meet the needs of the oppressed.
The fifth part is the nobles' confesssion. The noble class discloses their ignorance and inability. And a servant ridicules and makes fun of the noble class.
The sixth part is the old monk's dance who tries to entice a young girl.
The seventh part is about the tragedy of a family, which results in the death of the wife after being left by her husband. he husband later performs a sacrifice for his deceased wife.