Documentary highlights Korea s intangible cultural heritage
Posted : 2021-03-03 09:16
Updated : 2021-03-03 17:25
A scene from the documentary Korea s Cultural Heritage featuring Jongmyo jeryeak, a royal ancestral ritual performed at Jongmyo shrine and its music / Courtesy of Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation
By Kwon Mee-yoo
The Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation is airing a 20-episode mini-documentary series on Korea s UNESCO-inscribed intangible cultural heritage.
This is part of the foundation s efforts to make use of and promote Korea s intangible cultural heritages, especially those recognized by UNESCO.
Korea has 21 entities inscribed on the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, starting with Jongmyo Jeryeak, a royal ancestral ritual performed at Jongmyo Shrine and its music, listed in 2001. Other notable intangible cultural heritages include pansori (traditional narrative singing style), ganggangsullae (circle dance unde