Several areas in Hamgyeong-do have lion dances, but Bukcheong Saja Noreum (lion dance-drama) is most famous. Bukcheong Saja Noreum was held at each of villages belonging to 11 myeons and 3 eups in Bukcheong-gun, Hamgyeongnam-do at night on the 15th of January of the lunar year as a custom of the New Year. From the 4th to 14th of January, a troupe of performers visited house to house to expel evil spirits and to hold a ritual similar to Jisinbapgi.