「Jang-making Tradition in the Republic of Korea」,

Recommended for Inscription on the UNESCO LIST

- A Final Decision to Be Made at the Upcoming Committee Meeting -

“Knowledge, beliefs, and practices related to jang-making in the Republic of Korea” has been recommended for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by a consultative body (known as the Evaluation Body) of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The recommendation was made public at 8:00 a.m. on November 5 (at midnight on November 5 local time in Paris).

The Evaluation Body examined 58 files nominated for inscription on the Representative List. In its evaluation report, published on the UNESCO website (https://ich.unesco.org/en/19com), the Evaluation Body recommends that the Committee inscribe 57 nominations including jang-making on the Representative List and refer 1 nomination to the submitting States Parties.

A final decision on jang-making tradition and other nominations will be made at the 19th session of the Committee to be held in Asuncion, Paraguay from December 2 to December 7 in 2024.
Inscription of jang-making will increase the number of elements the Republic of Korea has on the Representative List from the current 22 to 23.
Further, “Custom of Korean Costume: traditional knowledge, skills and social practices in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” submitted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, was also recommended for inscription on the Representative List. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea currently has four elements entered onto the Representative List (Arirang folk song in 2014; tradition of kimchi-making in 2015; traditional Korean wrestling (joint inscription by ROK and DPRK) in 2018; and Pyongyang Raengmyon custom in 2022). With the inscription of “Custom of Korean Costume”, DPRK’s total number of inscriptions on the Representative List will reach five.