Os elementos estéticos da noiva tradicional sul-coreana: entre a tradição e a religiosidade

Abstract

The present work seeks to understand the characteristics of the South Korean bride's traditional clothing and the influence of customs and religion in the wedding ceremony, and also to analyze the history of the ritualistic elements of the South Korean wedding. Its main objective is to analyze the religious and cultural symbologies present in traditional dress through the understanding of religious influences in South Korean wedding. The methodology initially had a bibliographic search for the basis of all theoretical references, then there was a documentary research, made through videos of real South Korean traditional weddings, available on the YouTube platform. From the videos it was possible to notice that the use of traditional clothing in South Korea is encouraged in ceremonies and rituals such as marriage, in order to continue a tradition that was interrupted and discouraged due to the colonization suffered by the country, even though it is currently the use of costumes that were previously considered foreigners is accepted. It was also observed that, although the traditional costumes used today are based on the shapes that were used by the last Korean dynasty, which lasted until the beginning of the twentieth century, they receive other influences, colors and more modern materials, bringing the most modern tradition. close to contemporary South Koreans, but without losing the cultural, historical and symbolic value that the garment carries.