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Korean shaman ritual, called gut, is a cultural performance which exhibits the ways in which the cultural artifacts and tradition are organized and transmitted on particular occasions through specific media. The gut is one of the most concrete observable units of cultural structure and symbolism. The tripartite organization if applied to the organization of the gut. The overall organization of gut consists of three phases of Bujeong (purification), main stages, and Duitjeon (sequence for lingering ghosts). The shaman's costumes demarcate the three phases; the shaman wears the normal dress during the first ad the last stages while she wears spiritual costumes during the main stages. The main stages of gut are composed of three phases to invite the deities, to revere and entertain them, and to pacify the spirits. The invoked deities are segregated during the three phases; those worshiped during the first and the last phases are imagined ones while those venerated during the middle phase are represented by shaman paintings. A sequence, called geori, normally is divided into three phases to usher deities, to revere and entertain them, and to send them The shaman's songs divide the three phases. In short, three hierarchical levels are implicit in Korean gut; the entire gut, within the main stage of the gut, and within a geori. Three symbolic codes function as the demarcation of these tripartite organizations: costumes, painting(icons), and music respectively. The highest (most obvious) level is marked by a tangible symbol, the middle level is by cerebral and imaginable symbols, and the lowest (most basic) level by an audible symbol.