traditional korean drumming

“swing wing” versus 상모

In ruminations on January 11, 2012 at 1:59 am

about a week ago, friends on facebook were sharing this clip around, after it had been featured in an article on cracked.com.

 

little did our friends know that the original “swing wing” — one for each kid — was in our basement, just waiting to be gifted. having seemed a little too much to handle on christmas, and having been thwarted as a kwanzaa gift when we went out of town for a few days near the end of that holiday, the sangmo were just a mysterious chapaghetti box in the basement the kids didn’t know about.

until last night. when the presence of the “swing wing” video on facebook continued to spread. we counteracted it, with this:

annnnnd this

and this!

okay. you’ve GOT to start somewhere.

we know how good it CAN look, though:

 

 

but, in our case, it was more like…

 

 

and then i found this informative video on how to put on a sangmo!

 

 

and then… oh dear.

 

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