In today's rapidly changing realities of life when the boundaries of cultures and traditions are blurs, our goal is to preserve ethnic identity. Since intangible cultural heritage was formed by ancestors and transmitted from the past to the present day. In these conditions, heritage is the basis for the identification of a people, of a particular tradition. However, no element could not be performed without the owner of the knowledge. Therefore, in our opinion, one of the most important points in the livelihood of element of intangible cultural heritage is an institution its bearers. Since the intangible cultural heritage is very rich and varied, in this article we will consider bearers of musical traditions, accurately instrumental music tradition and its bearers – kuishi. The author of these lines was fortunate to witness firsthand the achievement of preservation of the bearers' institution in Republic of Korea as part of a general system of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, which has a long history of development.