Gyeonggi Yangju Byeolsandae Nori Madang Produces Three Traditional Educators… Achievement After 25 Years
The National Heritage Administration has officially certified traditional educators, earning national recognition for their ability to transmit traditional culture.
[Break News Yangju=Kim Wan-young] The Yangju Byeolsandae Nori Madang, designated National Intangible Heritage No. 2, has been officially certified by the National Heritage Administration as a traditional educator, earning national recognition for its ability to transmit traditional culture.
The three individuals recognized as traditional educators this time—Go Gyeong-min, Park Jin-hyeon, and Han Eun-ok—mark this achievement, the first in 25 years since 2001. Traditional educators are professionals responsible for the transmission and education of national intangible heritage. Only individuals with a certain level of experience in transmission and teaching skills can be recognized after a rigorous screening process by the National Heritage Administration.
This recognition is the result of the Yangju Byeolsandae Nori Madang's long-term, systematic transmission activities and educational programs. It demonstrates that the group has gone beyond being a simple performing arts group and is building a sustainable, community-based intangible cultural heritage transmission system.
The three transmission educators have consistently participated in performances, education, and transmission activities, contributing to the preservation of local traditional culture.
Yangju Byeolsandae Nori, a representative intangible cultural heritage of Yangju, is a folk play that combines theatrical elements of mask dance with dance, pantomime, humor, and satire. Established and developed in the Yangju region for approximately 300 years, Byeolsandae Nori, comprised of eight acts and eight scenes, vividly portrays the social realities of the time through topics such as conflict between men and women, satire on the yangban class, and the realities of common people's lives.
In recognition of its historical and cultural value, Yangju Byeolsandae Nori was designated as Important Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 2 (now National Intangible Cultural Heritage) on December 7, 1964, and was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List on November 30, 2022.
Currently, Yangju Byeolsandae Nori carries out various transmission and dissemination activities, including training, regular performances, planned performances, visiting cultural heritage programs, overseas performances, cultural arts classes for local residents, and field trips for students.
The Yangju Byeolsandae Nori Madang plans to actively promote the popularization and integration of intangible cultural heritage into everyday life through youth traditional culture education, citizen-participatory experience programs, and expanded regular performances, centered around the transmission educators.
Transmission educator Park Jin-hyeon stated, "This recognition as a transmission educator is not an individual achievement, but the fruit of the collective efforts of the entire Yangju Byeolsandae Nori community. We will continue to dedicate ourselves to creating a place where tradition lives and breathes."
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