My little sister was adopted from Korea when she was 3 years old. She used to hum Arirang without me realising that she was singing it. Now, on her 6th birthday I was just watching a video of SoHyang. The moment she started singing my sister started to cry and told me she always hummed it when she was scared but that she had lost the words. So on her 6th birthday I gave her the words of Arirang. This song is so special to our family.
Thank you for sharing such an intriguing story! I remember some words attributed to the Bible, “In the beginning was the Word”, but as it did in your story, it seems to me that music comes earlier and goes further than words. Perhaps for Koreans, the song of Arirang is their second nature through which they can picture who they are and make the way home.
I am a housekeeper for a Hospital and many of our patients were veterans. Yesterday, for the first time I met a Korean War veteran who fought for the freedom of South Korea. He was one of the US soldiers deployed to Korea and when I walked into the room, I said hello not knowing who he was or what stories he had buried in his heart and mind. Eventually I told him my love story with the guy I am engaged to (who so happens to be a Korean citizen) and told him I will be going to live in Korea with him and further my education over there as well. He looked into my eyes, watery and fragile, he said "He takes good care of you right?" I responded with a "yes sir he does." and he said "When you go over there, open your mind to their culture, and be nice to those Koreans you hear me? Teach them a bit about us and let them teach you." My eyes were watering but I kept a straight face and nodded my head. He told me his stories about seeing the korean children so astonished at the american soldiers for helping them, and told me the poverty they faced years ago. He spoke of how the korean children would beg for foood and he always ended up giving them as much as he could, since food was sparse. I realized the staff of my hospital didnt give him an american flag for the service he did (so I grabbed one for him) and saluted him strongly. With tears rolling down his face he asked me to do him a favor. I said, whatever you need I will do for you. He asked me to find a song he sang with the korean people while serving in Korea and so eventually I found it. I told him that no matter what happens to him, I will save a seat for him at my wedding in Korea so he may come. It was that moment where I turned to him and cried because I knew he wouldnt be alive for my wedding. I will never forget what he taught me. I will never forget to get him the last thing he wanted which was a vinyl of this song, and once I get married I will play this in his honor. One stranger, an old man, made such a connection with me and is now placed in my heart forever. Its amazing how one person can touch your heart so strongly. Korea, you made it. You are strong people and always have been. Its an honor to learn your culture and to have an opportunity to study there.
My father was in US Air Force. I lived at Hickam AFB for 4 years. At my school during my 5th an 6th grades (1961 & 1962) I was in the school choir. The teacher who was the choir director taught us songs from many different countries. We learned two Korean songs one of which was "Arirang." I was 10 and 11 years old at that time. I am now 68 and to this day I remember most of the songs I learned from my teacher Mrs. Tom. She was half Swedish and half Korean - she was beautiful. She had visited Korea many times and had Korean instruments to accompany the choir (she taught us how to play them). We had the traditional Korean flutes, the hand held paddle drums and two very large hour glass drums which she had us use during performances. She also taught choir members traditional dances from many countries. Because of the huge multi-cultural make up of the Hawaiian Islands we also had acquired traditional clothes to wear from the various countries. The other Korean song's English title was Longing for Brother" and is just as beautiful as "Arirang"." I wish I could find it online. The story is a sad one also it is about a young girl waiting for her brother to return after leaving home. But he never returns. The first line of song (English phonetics) is U le u le ue u le o. The tune is a very soft and sorrowful one. Mrs. Tom required perfection from our choir and as a result we sounded almost professional and were invited to sing at venues all over the island of Oahu. Perhaps someone out there knows the other Korean song and can present it on TH-cam. Having been a military "brat" and later I myself was in the US Navy I had the awesome opportunity to live in and experience different cultures. I always engrossed myself in those cultures, tried my best to learn the language (usually not well but I tried) and not be "the arrogant American." As a result I made friends with the local community and was often included in activities usually reserved for close family. I was treated like family and loved as family. I always had more local friends than American friends I also learned to cook traditional foods which I still do to this day (my favorites are Portuguese Al catre, Fillipino lumpia nd Chinese dumplings). Wish all peoples of the world could unite with each other and live in harmony as I did with others different from me. To this day I have friends of various cultures and backgrounds. My best friends are University professors who hand been in USA for 1 yr working at University of Oklahoma. One, along with her 7 yr old son, was my roommate for 9 months. She is from Chongqing China. In often video chat with her on WeChat.
That's a very beautiful story, inter-cultural experiences like this are truly special and definitely widens our worldview. Watching documentaries about Hawaii, I am able to see the eclectic mix of different backgrounds living in harmony and the formation of Pidgin which unites Hawaiian people. I just hope USA treats Hawaii better in the future and your people get the respect they truly deserve.
I’m Puerto Rican but my ancestors were Korean ( so I’m ethnically Korean ) and looking at this is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. My great grandmother was in the war and she escaped with the Indians over to Puerto Rico for a better life for her and her daughter. She taught her daughter this song and it went down for generations. She was a brave woman. This song is very special
Subtitle) The Joseon Dynasty Na) No one knows who was the first person to sing Arirang. But we know that somewhere in the distant past, Arirang was sung by the people living in mountain villages in Korea. It was handed down by word of mouth. No one could have realized then that Arirang, a very long time later, would have acquired the cultural value it embodies today for humanity to treasure. Na) Young Koreans these days are enjoying Arirang in many different ways. Arirang is a culture of sharing revealing that we are one. Na) Korean children don’t learn Arirang through a musical score. Children simply absorb the Arirang sung by their parents and grandparents. It becomes second nature to them. Na) This unique sentiment formed naturally during childhood also becomes part of the core of Koreans’ creativity. Subtitle) Art, Film, Literature, Performance Na) A variety of versions of Arirang exists in Korea. Subtitle) Sung by Lee Chun-hee, the Master Singer (Intangible Cultural Asset Number 57 Gyeonggi Folksong Human Cultural Asset) Subtitle) “Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo, Over the heart of the Arirang hill” Na) To the older generation, the song embraces other meanings as well. Subtitle) “There are songs we sing when working in the field when the going gets tough; there are songs we sing when it is hard to live with the in-laws.” Subtitle)”It’s because of the pent-up piles of sorrow and sadness that couldn’t be released.” Na) Arirang was a song of consolation to oneself, living a hard life in the country of poverty. Subtitle)”It just flows out, without me even realizing it. I sing Arirang when I am sad, and when I am happy.” Na) Like the pain of love and goodbye there are the hills of life that everyone has to conquer. It is the song that people sang when walking along those curves of life, the curves of happiness, sadness, love and anger. The song longing to transform the despair into hope. That is Arirang. Subtitle) Japanese Occupation Period 1910~1945 Na) Korea was invaded and occupied by Japan during the era of imperialism. Subtitle) Independence Fighters against Japan Na) People were grieving under the Japanese brutal rule, and the wave of resistance to bring the country back had grown fiercer. Subtitle) Film [Arirang]-The embodiment of hurtful and suffering life during the period of colonization Na) The film evoked an intense sympathy and Arirang became the symbol of resistance. It was not just a song. It became the spirit of the nation. Subtitle) 1945, Independence Na) After regaining the motherland, Koreans had to endure another war and the pain of being torn into two parts. Subtitle) Division and War Na) Koreans of the 20th century had to experience one of the harshest hardships. Only 60 years ago, Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Subtitle) One of the world’s poorest countries. But Koreans didn’t let go of hope. Na) From a farming country to an industrial nation, from a country in need to provide help- Korean people ran towards the hope from the dawn to the night. And finally, achieving it. Na) The world have called it the “Miracle of the Han River.” Subtitle) Miracle of the Han River Na) Koreans always had a strong, tough grasp of life. They also had Arirang that brought out hope, giving consolation to the people who sang it to each other. The living strength of Arirang was that of Koreans. Subtitle) 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Na) In 2002 at the Korea-Japan World Cup, Koreans’ shouts yearning for victory became Arirang. Subtitle) The 69th Venice Film Festival/Best Director, Kim Ki-Duk Na) After receiving the director’s award, the Korean movie director sings Arirang instead of his award speech. Subtitle) The 21st Vancouver Winter Olympic Gold medalist Kim Yuna Na) The Korean figure skater on top of the world shows her respect towards her mother country with Arirang. Na) Arirang now has become a song to express passion and joy. Na) Arirang also touches the hearts of the people of other countries. Subtitle) Pianist, George Winston “Arirang has a touch of the Blues. The music has the feeling that transcends culture or nations.” Subtitle) Jazz Singer, Inger Marie “The sentiment this song is embracing vibes into my heart. Arirang is a song full of emotion. It is a deeply appealing song of the world. ” Subtitle) 2012 Arirang, UNESCO-Designated Na) In 2012, Arirang was designated as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Na) Koreans wish to share Arirang with the people of the world. As it did it for Koreans, Koreans believe that Arirang could bring hope and consolation to each and every one of the people all over the world. Na) Arirang emerged from the hearts of the ordinary people of Korea. People sang it to themselves and to each other. It made it possible for the people to "ascend the summit called an era." And it came to represent their spirit and their hope for the future. Koreans now sing Arirang, for the whole planet, in every part of the world.
Look at 1:09. This is what our Tamil "aariro" does, it is a Lullaby ( Thalaatu - தாலாட்டு). There is certainly something deep rooted in both the languages.
@@danielschuster7213 No you are wrong. The song he is refereeing to is a Lullaby that is being sung for thousands of years in Tamil. You should know that Tamil is one of the oldest classical languages. But the relationship between Korean and Tamil is intriguing. th-cam.com/play/PLumbllw0JkSGxAExhxHJ9yIOJTqpBAXLr.html These are some of the lullabies.
🎵 Arirang, arirang, Arariyo 🎶 ☺☺☺ my love that songs country for korean 🇰🇷 very so sound good time heard of today and i was remember korean singing then voice century ago before us meaning something them grand called nature life history i never hear that before more inspirational people new generation to generation 😢 also han river so amazing 🥰😊☺
I cried because my grandparents were in the Korean War my grandpa came from north to South Korea and my grandma stayed in south and they all ways sing this song to me
It sounds soooo Hmong. We suffer the same. As a Hmong person, we are half-brothers through our father, Emperor Chiyou. We may not be related by blood, but Chiyou, our father, had three wives. Koreans are our second baby brother. Hmong and Koreans share the same father. He is known as Emperor Chang/Jiang Chiyou Yang. I am proud of my baby half-brother. The Hmong people are happy that you've grown so much. Remember us, Korea.
I was taught this song when I was in 6th grade in Maryland. We learned and performed the song in our choir class. One of our fellow students was from Korea and she played the piano was a sang. This was over 30 years ago, and I still find myself singing it at times. Let us all pray for reunification
I'm from the Philippines, When So Hyang sing this song, even I dont understand every lyrics, I feel the emotions, that I can't stop crying, so I search the meaning of Arirang made me goosebumps when I heard the meaning.
My birth mother, standing next to me here in the photo you can see... she was born in 1919 and lived through many difficult years. I was born in 1962 when mother was about 43. I was the last of the six children my mother birthed. I am so proud to be born in Korea, to the mother and father, and siblings I had and still have. my mother passed on July 31, 2020 when she was 2 weeks shy of her 101st birthday. Strong, enduring, positive woman I had and I am fortunate to have inherited her strength, enduring and positive spirit. This is especially meaningful to me today as I will be 60 in two days. God Bless us all in our mother country, our adopted country, our planet we all share!
Why did I cry the whole time watching this💕💙👑 it's amazing, that's why we have triaditional songs that root us and remind us, our long ago struggles and how we got here. So, grateful for such knowledge and blessings🙏🙏🙏
Korean arirang song and Tamil arariro are exactly same. I wonder, how can it possible ? Tamil Nadu (India) women's work in farms so hard so that they carry their baby behind their shoulders if that baby cries they sang this ariraro song. Everything children in our state knows this song only by their mother they didn't learn this in school or institution.
I saw this a few years ago at a Korean Culture Club at my university, and to be honest, I cried a little. It's just that indescribably beautiful to me, and I'm so happy I was able to learn this vital aspect of my culture :')
We learned this in band as “Variations on a Korean Folk Song”, and the melody stuck with me, and I learned to play it on guitar. 20 years later as a medical student I worked as a research assistant for the director of Pediatric Endocrinology (Dr. Songya Pang). She hosted a Christmas party one year and I brought my guitar. At one point she brought out a harmonica and played Arirang. I immediately recognized it and played it with her. The smile it brought to her face was amazing! 20+ years later after studying cello for 5 years I recorded it and sent it to her, and she remembered when I played it with her decades earlier. Every time I hear or play this song I think fondly of my former mentor in Pediatric Endocrinology.
I'm not Korean by birth, I am Korean in my heart. When I hear Ari rang I cry tears of sorrow, of pain, of joy, and of pride. My children are Korean and have taught Ari rang to them and my grandchildren. It is my hope that the tradition continues forever.
I don't know Korean, so I can't understand but from this song, I feel it is very familiar. It deserves a cultural heritage (from Vietnam) :). I like Lee Jun-hui sing this song
When I was 6ish, me and my grandfather used to climb the mountain near our village. We would get mountain water and sing this song. Simpler times in the late 80s. This song bring back very fond memories.
There is something so powerful about this song that gives tears to my eyes. It does give me wonderful memories of when I was in Korea, too. But the melody is just so beautiful. I remember being at a light and fountain show - I can't remember if I was in Incheon or where I was - and the lights and water were choreographed to this song and I just loved it.
In India (Tamilnadu)we sing "ariro ariro aarariro" for children's when they're going to sleep by mother or some elders in their house. We don't know who create this song but everyone in tamilnadu know this song. This song is passed by our ancestors. Several hundred of years we use this song of lolly for our children. I think some similarities between arirang and ariraro songs have.💝
Not even from this country but this song actually makes me emotional and proud thankyou for introducing this I actually heard this song from bts and for some reason i ended up search history behind this song 💌
I am here because of BTS, but I was more enchanted about the history of this and wanted to know about the song more. Even without realising, Arirang is the song that I hum when I am nervous before exams too. Arirang really came a long way. Thanks for the informative video.
I from Malaysia and I heard this song in my early childhood in the 70s. Not sure how this song come into my family life but am very glad I know of this song. And thanks for the information about it
아리랑... Love the song! I found this in 한글어. Glad there is an 영국어. I'm singing this at the end of the month and wearing my 한복. I was going to talk about the background of the song.
As I believe that I am a descendant of Joktan, Noah's great grandson, I can image myself starting to sing Arirang Arirang Arariyo along the long tail of the mountain ranges beginning from on top of Ararat mount in Turkey, to Iran's high mountain, to Pamirs, to Heavenly mountain range, to Altai mountain range, to Lake Baikal, to Baekdu mountain in Korean peninsula. There may have been many drop-outs in the long march here and there. In this history the story of Arirang is significant: With Al(Holy Spirit), with Al, with Al I was crossing over many mountains; Without Al(Holy Spirit) I might have ended in sore feet and could not have come to the finishing line.
In tamil we sing it as araro ariraro ariro araro a lullaby for kids. The more proof of the tamil queen lived in korea. I am more fond of south korea than other countries even before i know this
Need to send this story to the world, especially America, they/we do not understand, time to be enlightened and reawakened! One day, “ONE KOREA”, ONE WORLD.:)
When the Tamil princess suryaratna came to Korea to marry Kim suro she may have sung thus song to her children which is same in Tamil Korean- Ari rang Tamil- ararro
I remember a geopolitics class on Heritage when our teacher asked us what we would choose as the Global Hymn. There were not that many proposed answers (we were all very tired haha) but looking back, I would have chosen Arirang
Beautiful homage of beautiful song. But one thing is missing here. We know it's of all Koreans. But it only showing those of South Korea. The North seems to be left out here. As far as i know, it is also popular up in the North, no? It was used as the entrance song for both Korean teams in Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic.
This reminds me of the rebuilding of India. 1947, finally we got freedom after 200 years, but we were left with only the dirt beneath our feet. Love from India
Korean national anthem Prior to 1910 was "Auld Lang Syne" and Koreans have the same mythologies as Europeans such as a winged horse Cholima and a rainbow as a "stairway to heaven".
Koreans called a hat a "Kat". Koreans called trousers "paja". Koreans called hoopskirted farthingales "hanbok" with crinoline pannier bustles called "daeshin chima" and chemise petticoats called "chima". Architecture of Korea was identical to Queen Anne or Tudor dynasty and last dynasty of Korea had spiked helmets to remember how Indiana Jones was based on Roy Chapman Andrews who described Korean rickshaw operators reminiscent of an Asimov story where robots had to be protected from Asian rickshaw operators. If one listens closely to YTN and MBC news videos from South Korea one can notice how technical terms are English with suffixes while an editorial cartoon from North Korea to portray United States soldiers as insects inside a test tube translates to either "bugs" or "pucks" while an animated film from North Korea about a pencil on of protractor sounds like they are singing "My little pencil saves the world". South Korea has K Pop Gyrations while North Korea Goosesteps.
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My little sister was adopted from Korea when she was 3 years old. She used to hum Arirang without me realising that she was singing it. Now, on her 6th birthday I was just watching a video of SoHyang. The moment she started singing my sister started to cry and told me she always hummed it when she was scared but that she had lost the words. So on her 6th birthday I gave her the words of Arirang. This song is so special to our family.
Your brief story is very powerful. It brings tears to the eyes of even the hamsters.
Ahhhh 😭😭😭
That’s such a sweet story. 💗
Thank you for sharing such an intriguing story! I remember some words attributed to the Bible, “In the beginning was the Word”, but as it did in your story, it seems to me that music comes earlier and goes further than words. Perhaps for Koreans, the song of Arirang is their second nature through which they can picture who they are and make the way home.
Beautiful story. It's a very special country to me. Greetings from Germany.
I am a housekeeper for a Hospital and many of our patients were veterans. Yesterday, for the first time I met a Korean War veteran who fought for the freedom of South Korea. He was one of the US soldiers deployed to Korea and when I walked into the room, I said hello not knowing who he was or what stories he had buried in his heart and mind. Eventually I told him my love story with the guy I am engaged to (who so happens to be a Korean citizen) and told him I will be going to live in Korea with him and further my education over there as well. He looked into my eyes, watery and fragile, he said "He takes good care of you right?" I responded with a "yes sir he does." and he said "When you go over there, open your mind to their culture, and be nice to those Koreans you hear me? Teach them a bit about us and let them teach you." My eyes were watering but I kept a straight face and nodded my head. He told me his stories about seeing the korean children so astonished at the american soldiers for helping them, and told me the poverty they faced years ago. He spoke of how the korean children would beg for foood and he always ended up giving them as much as he could, since food was sparse. I realized the staff of my hospital didnt give him an american flag for the service he did (so I grabbed one for him) and saluted him strongly. With tears rolling down his face he asked me to do him a favor. I said, whatever you need I will do for you. He asked me to find a song he sang with the korean people while serving in Korea and so eventually I found it. I told him that no matter what happens to him, I will save a seat for him at my wedding in Korea so he may come. It was that moment where I turned to him and cried because I knew he wouldnt be alive for my wedding. I will never forget what he taught me. I will never forget to get him the last thing he wanted which was a vinyl of this song, and once I get married I will play this in his honor. One stranger, an old man, made such a connection with me and is now placed in my heart forever. Its amazing how one person can touch your heart so strongly. Korea, you made it. You are strong people and always have been. Its an honor to learn your culture and to have an opportunity to study there.
I was touched by your sincere story. Thank you.
My father was in US Air Force. I lived at Hickam AFB for 4 years. At my school during my 5th an 6th grades (1961 & 1962) I was in the school choir. The teacher who was the choir director taught us songs from many different countries. We learned two Korean songs one of which was "Arirang." I was 10 and 11 years old at that time. I am now 68 and to this day I remember most of the songs I learned from my teacher Mrs. Tom. She was half Swedish and half Korean - she was beautiful. She had visited Korea many times and had Korean instruments to accompany the choir (she taught us how to play them). We had the traditional Korean flutes, the hand held paddle drums and two very large hour glass drums which she had us use during performances. She also taught choir members traditional dances from many countries. Because of the huge multi-cultural make up of the Hawaiian Islands we also had acquired traditional clothes to wear from the various countries. The other Korean song's English title was Longing for Brother" and is just as beautiful as "Arirang"." I wish I could find it online. The story is a sad one also it is about a young girl waiting for her brother to return after leaving home. But he never returns. The first line of song (English phonetics) is U le u le ue u le o. The tune is a very soft and sorrowful one. Mrs. Tom required perfection from our choir and as a result we sounded almost professional and were invited to sing at venues all over the island of Oahu. Perhaps someone out there knows the other Korean song and can present it on TH-cam. Having been a military "brat" and later I myself was in the US Navy I had the awesome opportunity to live in and experience different cultures. I always engrossed myself in those cultures, tried my best to learn the language (usually not well but I tried) and not be "the arrogant American." As a result I made friends with the local community and was often included in activities usually reserved for close family. I was treated like family and loved as family. I always had more local friends than American friends I also learned to cook traditional foods which I still do to this day (my favorites are Portuguese Al catre, Fillipino lumpia nd Chinese dumplings). Wish all peoples of the world could unite with each other and live in harmony as I did with others different from me. To this day I have friends of various cultures and backgrounds. My best friends are University professors who hand been in USA for 1 yr working at University of Oklahoma. One, along with her 7 yr old son, was my roommate for 9 months. She is from Chongqing China. In often video chat with her on WeChat.
lovely
I will try to find the song for you👍👍
th-cam.com/video/LIqXqLc9rSA/w-d-xo.html i think the korean title is Oppa Saenggak.
That's a very beautiful story, inter-cultural experiences like this are truly special and definitely widens our worldview. Watching documentaries about Hawaii, I am able to see the eclectic mix of different backgrounds living in harmony and the formation of Pidgin which unites Hawaiian people. I just hope USA treats Hawaii better in the future and your people get the respect they truly deserve.
@@stupabauinstitut3477 有更高的权力。现在就叛逃！
I’m Puerto Rican but my ancestors were Korean ( so I’m ethnically Korean ) and looking at this is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. My great grandmother was in the war and she escaped with the Indians over to Puerto Rico for a better life for her and her daughter. She taught her daughter this song and it went down for generations. She was a brave woman. This song is very special
Wish you always good luck!
Chinita Boricua both me and my brother are adopted from South Korea
Wow your story is beautiful it is very inspiring to read your acknowledgment and never forgetting your Korean heritage
Hopefully North and South may reunite some day.
After that Sohyang will sing the song
ARIS-Komuniszt they are now united
Your wish came true
wish granted
Shin Yeon Ji no
Subtitle) The Joseon Dynasty
Na) No one knows who was the first person to sing Arirang. But we know that somewhere in the distant past, Arirang was sung by the people living in mountain villages in Korea. It was handed down by word of mouth. No one could have realized then that Arirang, a very long time later, would have acquired the cultural value it embodies today for humanity to treasure.
Na) Young Koreans these days are enjoying Arirang in many different ways. Arirang is a culture of sharing revealing that we are one.
Na) Korean children don’t learn Arirang through a musical score. Children simply absorb the Arirang sung by their parents and grandparents. It becomes second nature to them.
Na) This unique sentiment formed naturally during childhood also becomes part of the core of Koreans’ creativity.
Subtitle) Art, Film, Literature, Performance
Na) A variety of versions of Arirang exists in Korea.
Subtitle) Sung by Lee Chun-hee, the Master Singer (Intangible Cultural Asset Number 57 Gyeonggi Folksong Human Cultural Asset)
Subtitle) “Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo, Over the heart of the Arirang hill”
Na) To the older generation, the song embraces other meanings as well.
Subtitle) “There are songs we sing when working in the field when the going gets tough; there are songs we sing when it is hard to live with the in-laws.”
Subtitle)”It’s because of the pent-up piles of sorrow and sadness that couldn’t be released.”
Na) Arirang was a song of consolation to oneself, living a hard life in the country of poverty.
Subtitle)”It just flows out, without me even realizing it. I sing Arirang when I am sad, and when I am happy.”
Na) Like the pain of love and goodbye there are the hills of life that everyone has to conquer. It is the song that people sang when walking along those curves of life, the curves of happiness, sadness, love and anger. The song longing to transform the despair into hope. That is Arirang.
Subtitle) Japanese Occupation Period 1910~1945
Na) Korea was invaded and occupied by Japan during the era of imperialism.
Subtitle) Independence Fighters against Japan
Na) People were grieving under the Japanese brutal rule, and the wave of resistance to bring the country back had grown fiercer.
Subtitle) Film [Arirang]-The embodiment of hurtful and suffering life during the period of colonization
Na) The film evoked an intense sympathy and Arirang became the symbol of resistance. It was not just a song. It became the spirit of the nation.
Subtitle) 1945, Independence
Na) After regaining the motherland, Koreans had to endure another war and the pain of being torn into two parts.
Subtitle) Division and War
Na) Koreans of the 20th century had to experience one of the harshest hardships. Only 60 years ago, Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world.
Subtitle) One of the world’s poorest countries.
But Koreans didn’t let go of hope.
Na) From a farming country to an industrial nation, from a country in need to provide help- Korean people ran towards the hope from the dawn to the night. And finally, achieving it.
Na) The world have called it the “Miracle of the Han River.”
Subtitle) Miracle of the Han River
Na) Koreans always had a strong, tough grasp of life. They also had Arirang that brought out hope, giving consolation to the people who sang it to each other. The living strength of Arirang was that of Koreans.
Subtitle) 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup
Na) In 2002 at the Korea-Japan World Cup, Koreans’ shouts yearning for victory became Arirang.
Subtitle) The 69th Venice Film Festival/Best Director, Kim Ki-Duk
Na) After receiving the director’s award, the Korean movie director sings Arirang instead of his award speech.
Subtitle) The 21st Vancouver Winter Olympic Gold medalist Kim Yuna
Na) The Korean figure skater on top of the world shows her respect towards her mother country with Arirang.
Na) Arirang now has become a song to express passion and joy.
Na) Arirang also touches the hearts of the people of other countries.
Subtitle) Pianist, George Winston
“Arirang has a touch of the Blues. The music has the feeling that transcends culture or nations.”
Subtitle) Jazz Singer, Inger Marie
“The sentiment this song is embracing vibes into my heart. Arirang is a song full of emotion. It is a deeply appealing song of the world. ”
Subtitle) 2012 Arirang, UNESCO-Designated
Na) In 2012, Arirang was designated as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Na) Koreans wish to share Arirang with the people of the world. As it did it for Koreans, Koreans believe that Arirang could bring hope and consolation to each and every one of the people all over the world.
Na) Arirang emerged from the hearts of the ordinary people of Korea. People sang it to themselves and to each other. It made it possible for the people to "ascend the summit called an era." And it came to represent their spirit and their hope for the future. Koreans now sing Arirang, for the whole planet, in every part of the world.
@Namewee 看了四葉草馬來西亞查某的MV評論區裏有超多韓國人的謾罵聲就打算了解一下他們在駡什麼。其中一個很多人駡的原因是你在阿裏郎音樂嚮起後吐出舌頭，他們覺得在侮辱阿裏郎。我就嘗試找了一下關於阿裏郎的資料。這Kibok Jung的評論和評論上面的紀錄片很棒。清楚地解釋了阿里郎這首歌對南北韓人的各種意義。它表達了二戰時期家人和骨肉分離的各種痛苦。韓國人在痛苦的時候唱著它也在舉國同慶的時候唱著它。它是一首南韓人和北韓人都會唱的歌。某種程度上，它是一首將南北韓團結起來的一首歌曲。是一首國民民謠，地位好比國歌。他們都在國家重要慶典如奧林匹克的開幕典禮上唱這首歌。萬一你看不到上面的紀錄片，鏈接在此：m.th-cam.com/video/CxxpFegNLik/w-d-xo.html
有更高的权力。现在就叛逃！
@@chuimeing716 有更高的权力。现在就叛逃！
I don't know why but I'm crying 😭😭😭
Me too
you both are crazy
I'm in tears too and I'm not even Korean (个_个)
This song has special powers
@@hafcajmc5314 i fell you, stranger ✊
Hey guy's I'm a tamilan from tamilnadu...there's is song as like "arirang" in tamil as "araro ariraro" it's traditional song...
The Indians who escaped to Puerto Rico probably learned it from the Koreans who accompanied them.
Look at 1:09. This is what our Tamil "aariro" does, it is a Lullaby ( Thalaatu - தாலாட்டு). There is certainly something deep rooted in both the languages.
@@danielschuster7213 No you are wrong. The song he is refereeing to is a Lullaby that is being sung for thousands of years in Tamil. You should know that Tamil is one of the oldest classical languages. But the relationship between Korean and Tamil is intriguing.
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These are some of the lullabies.
@@danielschuster7213 nah man. its sung for many many years.
the facts that veteran turkish soldier in korean war sang this song just brought me here to deeply know about this song..
I don't live in Korea but everytime I listen to Arirang I get goosebumps and feel so many things at once. It's an amazing song.
🎵 Arirang, arirang, Arariyo 🎶 ☺☺☺ my love that songs country for korean 🇰🇷 very so sound good time heard of today and i was remember korean singing then voice century ago before us meaning something them grand called nature life history i never hear that before more inspirational people new generation to generation 😢 also han river so amazing 🥰😊☺
When other come here because BTS. I come to this video because of sohyang 🤣🤣
유우기미야모토
same!!!
hi baby
same
Meeeee too!!!
I heard this song from my parents and my grandma first long time ago
I cried because my grandparents were in the Korean War my grandpa came from north to South Korea and my grandma stayed in south and they all ways sing this song to me
:'( 💜
And in 2018 the Arirang became the OBS theme of Winter Olympics in Korea. I liked it from the get go!
It sounds soooo Hmong. We suffer the same. As a Hmong person, we are half-brothers through our father, Emperor Chiyou. We may not be related by blood, but Chiyou, our father, had three wives. Koreans are our second baby brother.
Hmong and Koreans share the same father. He is known as Emperor Chang/Jiang Chiyou Yang.
I am proud of my baby half-brother. The Hmong people are happy that you've grown so much. Remember us, Korea.
It's nice to see the history of one of the most iconic and influential songs on Earth, originating from a very beautiful land: Korea.
❤
I was taught this song when I was in 6th grade in Maryland. We learned and performed the song in our choir class. One of our fellow students was from Korea and she played the piano was a sang. This was over 30 years ago, and I still find myself singing it at times. Let us all pray for reunification
Same! I learned the song in elementary school but didn’t make the connection to Korea until now - over 30 years later!
I still remember how my grandmother used to sing this songs when I can't sleep.
Me too its so sad she passed away last year
I am from tamil nadu This song is originated from " TAMIL " Language. My grand mother also sing i cant sleep.
@@_sleepytaetae4845 有更高的权力。现在就叛逃！
I'm from the Philippines, When So Hyang sing this song, even I dont understand every lyrics, I feel the emotions, that I can't stop crying, so I search the meaning of Arirang made me goosebumps when I heard the meaning.
My birth mother, standing next to me here in the photo you can see... she was born in 1919 and lived through many difficult years. I was born in 1962 when mother was about 43. I was the last of the six children my mother birthed. I am so proud to be born in Korea, to the mother and father, and siblings I had and still have. my mother passed on July 31, 2020 when she was 2 weeks shy of her 101st birthday. Strong, enduring, positive woman I had and I am fortunate to have inherited her strength, enduring and positive spirit. This is especially meaningful to me today as I will be 60 in two days. God Bless us all in our mother country, our adopted country, our planet we all share!
Why did I cry the whole time watching this💕💙👑 it's amazing, that's why we have triaditional songs that root us and remind us, our long ago struggles and how we got here. So, grateful for such knowledge and blessings🙏🙏🙏
My mother sings arirang for me and my brother ,its a such powerful song
有更高的权力。现在就叛逃！
Thank you for giving us the knowledge of spirit of Korea "Arirang ".
Korean arirang song and Tamil arariro are exactly same. I wonder, how can it possible ? Tamil Nadu (India) women's work in farms so hard so that they carry their baby behind their shoulders if that baby cries they sang this ariraro song.
Everything children in our state knows this song only by their mother they didn't learn this in school or institution.
I saw this a few years ago at a Korean Culture Club at my university, and to be honest, I cried a little. It's just that indescribably beautiful to me, and I'm so happy I was able to learn this vital aspect of my culture :')
We learned this in band as “Variations on a Korean Folk Song”, and the melody stuck with me, and I learned to play it on guitar. 20 years later as a medical student I worked as a research assistant for the director of Pediatric Endocrinology (Dr. Songya Pang). She hosted a Christmas party one year and I brought my guitar. At one point she brought out a harmonica and played Arirang. I immediately recognized it and played it with her. The smile it brought to her face was amazing! 20+ years later after studying cello for 5 years I recorded it and sent it to her, and she remembered when I played it with her decades earlier. Every time I hear or play this song I think fondly of my former mentor in Pediatric Endocrinology.
I'm an Indian and I was just curious about the meaning behind "ARIRANG" and I literally cried watching this video 🥺🥺
I'm not Korean by birth, I am Korean in my heart. When I hear Ari rang I cry tears of sorrow, of pain, of joy, and of pride. My children are Korean and have taught Ari rang to them and my grandchildren. It is my hope that the tradition continues forever.
Thank You
I don't know Korean, so I can't understand but from this song, I feel it is very familiar. It deserves a cultural heritage (from Vietnam) :). I like Lee Jun-hui sing this song
When I was 6ish, me and my grandfather used to climb the mountain near our village. We would get mountain water and sing this song. Simpler times in the late 80s. This song bring back very fond memories.
If there were ever a time we needed to act as one on this planet its now....let arirang ring as a reminder across all boarders
This song moved my soul, the reason I am still persevering through life today. Arirang is truly a song that spreads love and hope.
有更高的权力。现在就叛逃！
I like how the video just ignores the northern half of the peninsula that still suffers...
There is something so powerful about this song that gives tears to my eyes. It does give me wonderful memories of when I was in Korea, too. But the melody is just so beautiful. I remember being at a light and fountain show - I can't remember if I was in Incheon or where I was - and the lights and water were choreographed to this song and I just loved it.
The Korean folk song Arirang is so similar to Tamil folk song Ariraro. Tamil mother's sing Ariraro to babies in Indian state Tamil Nadu.
In India (Tamilnadu)we sing "ariro ariro aarariro" for children's when they're going to sleep by mother or some elders in their house. We don't know who create this song but everyone in tamilnadu know this song. This song is passed by our ancestors. Several hundred of years we use this song of lolly for our children. I think some similarities between arirang and ariraro songs have.💝
It looks really same..
Tamil nadu princes marry to Korean king
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These are Tamil lullabies.
Not even from this country but this song actually makes me emotional and proud thankyou for introducing this I actually heard this song from bts and for some reason i ended up search history behind this song 💌
Whenever I hear arirang I feel the pain of those Koreans who saw their country being split in front of them, who faced many difficulties etc
So beautiful and timeless.
I’m a Korean adoptee and I cry everytime I hear this song. It’s almost just something intrinsic in our blood ❤
I am here because of BTS, but I was more enchanted about the history of this and wanted to know about the song more. Even without realising, Arirang is the song that I hum when I am nervous before exams too. Arirang really came a long way. Thanks for the informative video.
This video: Ari-
Me: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭
👏👏👏👏👏👏🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷❤️👍👍🤗🤗😊한국에 대한 모든 존중과 감사
From Algeria 🇩🇿 🇩🇿 🇩🇿 🇩🇿 🇩🇿
وااهه عربييةةة😭😭😭💗
حسيت بالراحه 😭😂😂😂
Such a beautiful video! 💜
I am Vietnamese not korean and I love Arirang and I can sing the entire song😁.
Very nice. What a wonderful presentation. Thank - you so much for sharing this with me.
I heard the song from bts and saw a comment and wanted to know the history and it led me here. Now I want to find the movie to watch it
same here 😂😂
Kayla Pratley same
Me too,,I'm here because BTS song it's so nice
Simply ...beautiful, hopeful and spiritual
It is true a consolation. Thank you for sharing this explanation of Arirang song.
I from Malaysia and I heard this song in my early childhood in the 70s. Not sure how this song come into my family life but am very glad I know of this song. And thanks for the information about it
so proud. and cried
This documentary truly reveals what I felt when listened to Arirang song.
So beautiful ^^
I visited korea in 2004 as student exchange program and i know this song by heart i dont know why
아리랑... Love the song! I found this in 한글어. Glad there is an 영국어. I'm singing this at the end of the month and wearing my 한복. I was going to talk about the background of the song.
As I believe that I am a descendant of Joktan, Noah's great grandson, I can image myself starting to sing Arirang Arirang Arariyo along the long tail of the mountain ranges beginning from on top of Ararat mount in Turkey, to Iran's high mountain, to Pamirs, to Heavenly mountain range, to Altai mountain range, to Lake Baikal, to Baekdu mountain in Korean peninsula. There may have been many drop-outs in the long march here and there. In this history the story of Arirang is significant: With Al(Holy Spirit), with Al, with Al I was
crossing over many mountains; Without Al(Holy Spirit) I might have ended in sore feet and could not have
come to the finishing line.
Unnie So Hyang I like her version tooo.I always cry when I heard this song...
Sending my love to Koreans from Tunisia
There is nothing more special than Korea. 🇰🇷✊
I'm korean, and uhhh wow I never new.
I am so astound by the fact that we Tamils also have a similar song where all mothers sing it to their babies to make them sleep or console. Whoa....
Soooo emotional i cant stop weeping😰
In tamil we sing it as araro ariraro ariro araro a lullaby for kids. The more proof of the tamil queen lived in korea. I am more fond of south korea than other countries even before i know this
This song makes me cry so much.
Need to send this story to the world, especially America, they/we do not understand, time to be enlightened and reawakened! One day, “ONE KOREA”, ONE WORLD.:)
This is beautiful
When the Tamil princess suryaratna came to Korea to marry Kim suro she may have sung thus song to her children which is same in Tamil
Korean- Ari rang
Tamil- ararro
My soul is korean
Wonderful but sad💕
The world should learn from this.
very well made doccumentary
We are entering a new era in the world. The Arirang era of prosperity and hope for a new world of peace.
anyone who gives this video a dislike is a sadist 🚶🚶
Jelly Fish yes u right ☺☺
I remember a geopolitics class on Heritage when our teacher asked us what we would choose as the Global Hymn.
There were not that many proposed answers (we were all very tired haha) but looking back, I would have chosen Arirang
Thank you so much i really need this for my mapeh subject
💕The song from the Heart💕 I came to know about this song from 2D1N😍
This is very interesting and joyful
Beautiful homage of beautiful song. But one thing is missing here. We know it's of all Koreans. But it only showing those of South Korea. The North seems to be left out here. As far as i know, it is also popular up in the North, no?
It was used as the entrance song for both Korean teams in Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic.
This reminds me of the rebuilding of India. 1947, finally we got freedom after 200 years, but we were left with only the dirt beneath our feet. Love from India
My heart is so heavy rightnow 🙇♀️❤🇳🇵
After watching BTS Arirang'sperformance, I want to learn more about it. Who knows I fell in love with this Arirang song
what cultural songs should i learn next? so far i have learned cielito lindo from mexico and arirang from korea!
I'm from southern india similar song is sung by our parents too arraro ariraro
i first heard this song from Sandara Park when she was just starting her career here in the Philippines..
I almost cried..
I'm here from Sohyang
The strangest part is that it became popular in Japan itself. And it wasn't even banned either.
It's kinda weird when they turned the song into a really modern song, catchy song
It's kind of just a testament to how endlessly transformable arirang is, it adapts along with the korean culture and it is beautiful in any form
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
😍
I saw this in korean air to seoul.
This song is totally similar to my TAMIL. My mother also sing this song for my sleeping in my childhood.
잘 만들었네
North Korea 🇰🇵 ❤️ South Korea 🇰🇷 Likes and Love Country Korean 🇰🇵🇰🇷 From Indonesia 🇮🇩
why am I crying?
This song may have come from Tamil Nadu > India because there is a song there too.
Here from “the last empress “
Zarin Solkar i cant get over jang nara’s version i love it also❤️😭
아리랑 아리랑 아라리요
아리랑 고개로 넘어간다
나를 버리고 가시는 님은
십리도 못 가서 발병난다
뭔가 시조같기도 하고 학교에서 배운 3음보 율격?이 생각나기도 하네요.
Got a little misty eyed there
Korean national anthem Prior to 1910 was "Auld Lang Syne" and Koreans have the same mythologies as Europeans such as a winged horse Cholima and a rainbow as a "stairway to heaven".
Koreans called a hat a "Kat".
Koreans called trousers "paja".
Koreans called hoopskirted farthingales "hanbok" with crinoline pannier bustles called "daeshin chima" and chemise petticoats called "chima".
Architecture of Korea was identical to Queen Anne or Tudor dynasty and last dynasty of Korea had spiked helmets to remember how Indiana Jones was based on Roy Chapman Andrews who described Korean rickshaw operators reminiscent of an Asimov story where robots had to be protected from Asian rickshaw operators.
If one listens closely to YTN and MBC news videos from South Korea one can notice how technical terms are English with suffixes while an editorial cartoon from North Korea to portray United States soldiers as insects inside a test tube translates to either "bugs" or "pucks" while an animated film from North Korea about a pencil on of protractor sounds like they are singing "My little pencil saves the world".
South Korea has K Pop Gyrations while North Korea Goosesteps.