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This is a bonus episode looking at Schaimans in South Korea.

Hi guys, it's Hannah Gellbart here,

and I'm Sue Min Kim, and you're listening to

what in the world from the BBC World Service.

Today, we're talking about how Shamans are coming out of the shadows and onto

social media in South Korea. Sue, you are Korean. Why did you want to talk about this

story with us? It's a common topic of conversation with my friends.

A lot of them have visited Shamans

and they will tell me some interesting stories about their experiences.

So naturally, I got really curious about what they are and how they operate.

In Korea, a shaman is a master of the spirits.

I was very convinced about how she read my past.

I saw the underbelly of the Korean shamanic world and I did not like it.

I'm always very intrigued by the whole idea of someone you know supposedly seeing your future and

telling you what could happen. So not only are more and more young people in

career talking about shamanism, some are becoming

shamans too, and you're going to hear from some of those in this episode.

We are going to break down exactly what shamanism is and how perceptions of shamans are changing.

Before we get any further, Sue, you call them shamans, I call them shamans, I think both

pronunciations work, can you just explain what shamans are and what kind of role they've played in

Korean culture historically?

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