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French cuisine became ICH in 2010 after french chefs declared that food is culture. Korean cuisine contains great food, one of which is jang (sauce). Fermented and matured on breathing onggi, jang is healthy and adds deep flavor to food.

It isn't easy to succeed ICH in the materialistic present.\nIntangible cultural heritage learned and expressed through the body is not a profitable cultural perfoming arts profession.\nThe teacher watches the disciple with pride and worry.\nThe jultagi (important ICH No 58) performance made me think about the difficult conditions for ICH transmission.

The turtle game is a folk game which used to be performed in South Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheong-do on Aug 15 on lunar calendar during chuseok. The Icheon turtle game is seen as a highly valuable resource as a traditional Korean game as its procedure and tools utilized have been well preserved.

Show the excellence of Korean traditional culture to the world and promoting talchum to broader audience

Traditional Korean pungmulnori, with performers and audience coming together as one.

Show the excellence of Korean traditional culture to the world and promoting talchum to broader audience

Nakan eupseong dure nori

Jishinbabgi is a traditional game to wish for peace and full harvest in villages and good luck to families.

Photo depicts haenyo emerging from sea right after diving as a livelihood

This is a reconstruction of the hakchum (crane dance), transmitted in Dongnae, Busan. Hakchum was so named because of its resemblance to the movements of cranes, but is not meant to be a realistic imitation. It was performed by officials in the Dongnae government office, or men of leisure in brothels, within the context of the strict class system of Joseon. It is modest but elegant and dignified. Characteristic moves include the waving of the arms, standing with one foot raised, the stretching and folding of wings, and the baegimsae step, performed by lightly swaying left and right or bobbing up and down with the left leg bent and placed in front, and right foot stretched behind.\n\nCharacteristics:\n· Dancer performed by officials in government offices or men of leisure at brothels\n\nPerformed by Busan National Gugak Center Dance Company