P'umasi (English spelling)

Japanese: プマシ（英語表記）p‘umasi

A type of cooperative labor practiced in Korean rural areas. Farmers work together to provide labor during busy farming seasons such as rice planting and summer weeding. It is similar to the Japanese "yui." Pumashi is a relatively small group of cooperative labor organized among close friends in a village, but when a similar cooperative labor is carried out by the entire village, it is called ture. Ture is also most often performed during rice planting and especially weeding, and in the old days, farmers would raise flags bearing the words "Farmers are the foundation of the world" and perform agricultural music while working together.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮の農村で行われる共同労働の一種。田植や夏の除草などの農繁期に，農民どうしが労力を提供し合って農作業にあたること。日本の〈ゆい〉に似ている。プマシは部落内の親しい者どうしで組織される比較的少人数の共同労働であるが，同様の共同労働が全部落的に行われる場合には，トゥレtureと呼ぶ。トゥレも田植や，特に除草作業に際して行われることがもっとも多く，昔時は〈農者天下之大本〉と記した旗を立て，農楽（のうがく）を奏しながら共同作業にあたった。

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