A female mudang/shaman conducting a kut ritual in rural South Korea. A Shaman may invite a spirit into his/her body and act as its mouthpiece, communicating the spirit's advice to human clients. In other cases shamans may enter trances in order to journey to spirit worlds in search of a client's deceased relatives or escort the souls of the dead to the afterworld. In many cases a shaman is recruited to the profession by a dream or a sickness that can only be cured by becoming a shaman
