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Here is a traditional Korean dancer at Korea House in Seoul, South Korea. I believe she is a Kisaeng, similar to the Japanese geisha.
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Visitor 273637
10/12/2009
Japanese geisha/geiko aren't "entertainment floozies"!
Geiko are also highly skilled people in dancing, playing musical instruments and other traditional arts. They were never prostitutes either.
Please choose your words carefully and respectfully when you comment on the internet.
Korea has a wonderful, rich culture and so does Japan.
Thank you. :)
what do geisha means? there was about out called geisha and she was a prositute?
Visitor 56970
06/04/2008
Stormcloud is correct. This is a highly-skilled folklore dancer, not an entertainment floozie, past or present. Geisha is a Japanese term. Please do not refer to Koreans as Japanese. That is very offensive. The term you wanted was kisaeng, which in this case, was also incorrect. Stan
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