Where would the American theatre be without dead parents? Perhaps no event can bring estranged characters together more efficiently than a ritual about loss, and Jeena Yi’s Jesa explores one Korean ...
The Korean tradition of jesa, or memorializing ancestors, helped me understand that our loved ones continue to shape our lives long after they have departed. By Joseph Han According to my paternal ...
As an increasing number of Koreans are ditching traditional rituals to honor their ancestors, an authority on the rites on Thursday said it is OK to put fried chicken and ramen on the jesa table. A ...
Smartphones onstage can be weird and deadly, but one of the most striking moments in Jeena Yi’s Jesa happens as all the play’s actors are staring into one. In residence at the Public Theater, Ma-Yi ...
Jesa (제사), a ceremony commonly practiced in Korea, is a memorial to the participants’ ancestors. Its primitive origin was Confucianism, which was the national religion and belief during the Josun ...
More than half of adults of South Korean nationality do not plan to continue holding the “jesa,” the traditional ritual held in honor of one’s ancestors, a recent survey showed. According to the Sung ...
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