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"The voice shouting "Myeonggeumilha daechwita" in the opening of #AGUSTD's song belongs to Chung Jae-kuk, the only practitioner of Intangible Cultural Property No. 46, Piri Jeongak & #Daechwita." -Kwon Mee-yoo

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"Chung, who worked as the artistic director of the National Gugak Center Orchestra, recorded the 1984 version of Daechwita sampled in Agust D's namesake song."

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"The vocalization of a cryptic phrase "Myeonggeumilha Daechwita" starts off "Daechwita...The expression, which means, "Ring a gong once to begin Daechitwa," is used to commence "Daechwita" ― a Korean style of traditional military band music."

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Suga listened to various Daechwita versions and picked "the 1984 one for its solemnness."

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"We speculate that #Daechwita existed as early as the Three Kingdoms era as a military band is featured in ancient tomb murals of the Goguryeo Kingdom (37 BC―668 AD)."

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"The military music appears in historical documents during the Goryeo Kingdom (918-1392). In the Joseon Kingdom, Jangakwon, a government office in charge of music, supervised military marching music such as Daechwita..."

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"According to Chung, the legacy of Daechwita was lost when Joseon was annexed by Japan in 1910. It had disappeared for about half a century. Daechwita was finally revived in 1961 for the Armed Forces Day ceremony..."

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"There have been steady efforts to continue the tradition of Daechwita in the field of Korean traditional 🎶. Suga's Daechwita expanded the reach of Korean tradition to a wider audience & I am glad for the opportunity he opened up" Chung said.

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"It is more than just retro hype, but Korea's cultural stature has surely grown globally. #AgustD's Daechwita...are at the forefront. I think Korea's younger gen. has the power to let the 🌍 know about tradition through 🎶, story, drama & fashion," Won said. @BTS_twt #BTSResearch

These were just some of the main points but there is a lot more information left in the article. You can read it in full here;

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m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.…

Also we've made threads about #DAECHWITA when it released. You can check these out!

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https://twitter.com/BangtanScholars/status/1264228848251678726?s=20

More resources & historical context about #DAECHWITA

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https://twitter.com/BangtanScholars/status/1263931752877342731?s=20