Korean volumes include court music, drum dance, dance to exorcise evil spirits, cymbal dance, zither and flute solos, masked dance-drama, Buddhist chant performed with butterfly dance. Plus folk purification dance, shaman ritual, puppet play, tightrope walking, and farmer's band.

Chinese volumes include flute ensemble, lute solo, bowed fiddle with zither, colored ball dance, Beijing opera, Sichuan opera, group dances, mountain songs, narrative songs, sword dances, reed mouth organ and dances, masked dance-drama, threshing song and lullaby, dance with dutar, daf, classical music, instrumental music and circle dances. Also songs in free rhythm and throat singing from Mongolia.

Described and put in historical, geographical and cultural context in 140-page accompanying book.

Part of the 30 DVD, nine-book JVC Video Anthology of Music and Dance of the World. Also available as individual videos.

NOTE: These programs are now presented in archival DVD-r format. "Skip" control advances program in ten minute intervals.

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