<p><br> Young women perform a dance ritual at Jongmyo, a Confucian shrine where the ancestral tablets of kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty are enshrined.</p>

Dance Ritual


Young women perform a dance ritual at Jongmyo, a Confucian shrine where the ancestral tablets of kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty are enshrined.

Photograph by Heimo Aga

Ceremonious Seoul

See Seoul photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Seoul.

Published January 29, 2010

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