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Sum up the header Noticing Buddha's birthday, a South Korean DJ is in spotlight
The extraordinary mix of otherworldliness and electronic dance music with NewJeansNim, the South Korean DJ enamoring crowds by implanting Buddhist lessons with dynamic beats at Seoul's Lotus Light Celebration.
The man with a shaved head, a heavenly grin and streaming dim priest's robes was not offering contemplation tips to relieve pressure.
All things considered, he was playing electronic dance music and yelling "Everything good or bad must come to an end! Assuming you beat enduring, you will live in heaven!", opening the thunder of thousands of fans.
Known as "NewJeansNim", he is certainly not a genuine Buddhist harmony ace however a South Korean DJ who is enthralling youthful crowds by mixing electronic dance music, or EDM, with the lessons of Buddha.
At a yearly lotus light celebration coordinated by South Korea's biggest Buddhist faction on Sunday night to commend the Buddha's birthday, an enormous group accumulated close to a sanctuary in Seoul to appreciate DJ NewJeansNim's presentation, reciting "Buddha Attractive!" also, hopping with their palms participated in supplication.
His stage name gets from "Sunim", a Korean title of regard for Buddhist monastics.
His genuine name is Youn Sung-ho, a 47-year-old comic who appeared in 2001 and has since showed up on a few Network programs, notable to numerous South Koreans by his personality name "bbakoo". He filled in as a model before his parody vocation.
Be that as it may, he is presently carrying on with another life.
His modify inner self as DJ NewJeansNim, drawing more youthful ages with EDM reciting sutras, is invited by South Korea's Buddhist people group for advancing "youthful Buddhism".
"I'm simply beginning to feel that youngsters are changing their perspectives on Buddhism. Whoever calls me, or any place, I will proceed to perform to make it more straightforward for individuals to acknowledge Buddhism through my EDM execution," Youn told Reuters.
On April 30, Respected Jinwoo, the head of Jogye Request, the biggest order of Korean Buddhism for certain 10 million devotees, gifted DJ NewJeansNim with petitioning heaven globules and a headset, requesting that he continue to spread trust and joy to youngsters.
"He is truly new and new on the grounds that ordinarily when you ponder priests they are devout and calm. I thought he was truly hip," said Lee Hyo-min, 25, one of his fans.
