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Also Known As	Korean folk opera

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Cover of Simcheongjeon

Gochang Pansori Museum

See and hear a man play a Korean buk

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Topics

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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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