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thumb|right|Daechwita musicians playing yonggo (dragon drums) in a Seoul street parade.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
music genre
Subclass of
military music
Country of origin
Korea
Image
Daechwita (36530173605).jpg
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intangible cultural heritage status
National Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Korea
Commons category
Daechwita
Revised Romanization
daechwita
McCune–Reischauer romanization
taech'wit'a

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Instrumentation
  • Chwita
  • Popular culture
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|Daechwita musicians playing yonggo (dragon drums) in a Seoul street parade.

Daechwita () is a genre of Korean traditional music consisting of military music played by wind and percussion instruments, generally performed while marching or as a static performance.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daechwita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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