Arts+and+Entertainment

North Korea's Arts and Entertainment

In North Korea, they do not express their ideas as much as South Korea does. They are a communist country and do not show what they do. They don't really have any arts or entertainment. They are more on the private side compared to South Korea.

South Korea's Arts and Entertainment

South Korea's arts and culture are very rich. Painting, sculpture, music, dance, drama, and literature are the main things that South Koreans do for arts. After the division of Korea occured in 1948, the South Koreans have created a culture of their own which differs from North Korea.

Arts: Buddhism is a good source for the inspirations of the Korean artists and of their outstanding artwork. The paintings in Korea were traditonally used to celebrate nature or religious themes. Music: Traditional music in South Korea is folk music which is nice and slow. The more formal kind of music in South Korea is the P'ansori, which is a musical narrative based on folk tales. The folk songs express emotions and feelings of the working class. Literature: Korea had the invention of the phonetic alphabet. The literal history of South Korea grew from the custom of the narrating folk tales and the legends at festivals and other social organizations.


 * How does culture influence human actions?**
 * Culture influences humans actions because the culture of a country has a lot to do on how humans act. The culture of North and South Korea is going to influence the humans because of how they are going to live in that society. The music, arts, literature, etc. all have to do with the acts and the influence of the Koreans.**