Farmers' music and dance is a synthetic art accompanying every kind of religious rite, festival, parade, and seasonal farming activity. It is performed with Korean percussion instruments (brass gong, drum, gong, hourglass drum,tabor) and wind instruments (shawm, trumpet, whistle).
The Nongak band consists of Kisu (farming tools, youngi), Jaebi (Sangshwe, busu, gong, drum, janggu and sogo) and Jabsaek (daeposu, Yangban, Hwasang, bride, prostitute and mudong) and plays diverse entertainment to the command of the leading instrument Sangshwe (bupo, jangdan and story telling) and rhythm of the Jingsu.
The Farmers' Folk Band of Jeonla-do plays twice per day and it is handed down in the Southern part, Iksan, Ok-ku, Kimje, Iri, Buan, Jeongup, Kosan, Young Kwang, Chang Sung, Naju, Ham Pyung, Buan, Jang Heung, Hae Nam, Jindo and Wando. Such entertainment stimulates the upper part of the body vigorously and the person who plays the tabor and the one who spin his hat with a string attached are especially entertaining. The Farmers' Folk Band of the Korean Folk Village plays according to the rhythm of Mr. Jung In Sam, the leader of the band. They also play a shell trumpet, drum, hourglass drum, and tabor which adds to the amusement.
