for 9 players
Score available by request.
Text for prayer was excerpted from translation of Pinari (expunging of negative influences) from Katherine In-Young Lee’s Dynamic Korea and Rhythmic Form, Wesleyan University Press, 2018.
In this house,
evil spirits must dwell and
evil spirits must be cleansed.
Misfortune of the evil star
Misfortune spilt on the roads
Misfortune of death far from home
Misfortune of leaving friends
Misfortune sneaking in with money
Misfortune of uneasy surroundings
Misfortune of unlucky neighbors
Misfortune smeared on the dirt
Misfortune rubbed on the rocks
Misfortune on living trees
Misfortune on dying trees
Misfortune in the mountains
Misfortune in the fields
Misfortune in the water
Misfortune from the wrong day for a wedding
Misfortune in the parlor
Misfortune in the bedroom
Misfortune for the couple
Evil and misfortune, away with them all.
This rainbow banner sweeps them all away.
In this house, for all who came,
A thousand things will go well,
a hundred things will go right.
As you desire, your wishes will be heard.