Origin of the world ‘Tal’
the word Tal was borrowed from Chinese, and is now used to mean "mask" in Korean. However, the original sense was "to let something go" or "to be free.“
the root Tal appears in the Korean language to denote illness or misfortune. For example, talnatda means "to become ill" or "to have trouble."
The talnori, or mask dance, originated as a shamanist practice meant