EVERY CULTURE TELLS ITS HISTORY USING DIFFERENT ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS
WHICH BREAK POLITICAL BELIEVES. THEY ARE PASSING BY THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. THE
MUSIC IS ONE OF THESE EXPRESSIONS, AND IT REACHES OUR EARS WITH ITS MELODIES
AND RHYTHMS, THE MUSIC MAKE US REMEMBER THAT WE SHARE ONE SINGLE TRUE; THE
MUSIC JOINS US, IT CONNECTS US AS SINGLE WORLD. SOUTH KOREA CREATES BEAUTIFUL
MELODIES WHICH TAKE US TO THE PAST AND AT THE SAME MOMENT, IT TRANSMITS THOSE
FEELINGS THAT LIVE TO FORGE A NATION.
ARIRANG IS MORE THAN A FOLK SONG: FOR GENERATIONS, SINGING ARIRANG HAS GIVEN KOREANS COMFORT AND BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER AS ONE.
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| The third gate of Mungyeong Saejae, as viewed from the Chungcheong side. |
MANY VERSIONS OF THE SONG OPEN BY DESCRIBING THE TRAVAILS THE SUBJECT OF
THE SONG ENCOUNTERS WHILE CROSSING A MOUNTAIN PASS. "ARIRANG" IS ONE
NAME FOR THE PASS AND HENCE THE TITLE OF THE SONG. SOME VERSIONS OF
"ARIRANG" MENTION MUNGYEONG SAEJAE, WHICH IS THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASS ON THE ANCIENT JOSEON DYNASTY ROAD BETWEEN SEOUL AND SOUTHEASTERN GYEONGSANG PROVINCE.
ARIRANG
WAS RECENTLY INSCRIBED ON UNESCO’S REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL
HERITAGE OF HUMANITY; ( DECEMBER 2012.) THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED THAT ARIRANG
IS A POPULAR FORM OF KOREAN FOLK SONG THAT BOLSTERS A COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND
UNITY AMONG KOREANS. IT ALSO STATED, “ARIRANG IS CONSTANTLY RECREATED IN
VARIOUS SOCIAL CONTEXTS, PLACES, AND OCCASIONS, SERVING AS A MARKER OF IDENTITY
AMONG ITS BEARERS WHILE PROMOTING VALUES OF SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL COHESION, AND
AN INSCRIPTION OF ARIRANG ON THE REPRESENTATIVE LIST COULD PROMOTE GREATER
VISIBILITY OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY, PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT VARIETY FOUND WITHIN A SINGLE ELEMENT.” IT ADDED, “A GREAT
VIRTUE IS ITS RESPECT FOR HUMAN CREATIVITY, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND EMPATHY.
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