The Transmission State and Perception of Korean of CIS toward Intangible Cultural Heritage -Focusing on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Korean of CIS Around Central Asia and Russia-

This research will study the state of intangible cultural heritage of Koreans of the Commonwealth of Independent States (USSR regions in the past) and the perception of Koreans of CIS toward intangible cultural heritage. In the process, this research will also examine the state of settlememt of Koreans in CIS and the handling of generic cultural heritage, and will secondarily aim to give a better understanding of general information of cultural heritage of Koreans in CIS.During the period of 150 years of settlement, Korean diaspora of CIS has produced Korean cultural heritage (including tangible and intangible cultural heritage) in many forms such as writing, photography, and video images. These are effectively and valuably used in Korean diaspora research today. What is important to notice today is that despite their lives of constant migration and travel, Korean diaspora has been trasmitting cultural heritage, in other words intangible cultural heritage, unique to Korean culture in no small measure.Researches have been intermittently carried out in Korea regarding cultural heritage of Koreans in CIS by certain researchers or the National Folklore Museum. However, these researches were limited to fables and folk songs or were carried out in the perspective of folk lore, not cultural heritage . The writer carried out a state research and cataloguing task on Korean cultural heritage in 3 Central Asian countries (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) and Russia for total of 1 month in the period of 2012.07.11-31 (21 days) and 2012.08.06-14 (9 days). State research was carried out based on the seven cultural heritages designated by Unesco. Following this standard, tangible cultural heritages were included in the research along with intangible cultural heritages as well.Through field research, the writer examined the transmission state and the perception of Koreans toward intangible cultural heritage. It was confirmed that despite long isolation, there are common factors shared by Korean cultures in Central Asia-Russia-Korean Peninsula regions being passed down, but there are also differences. In other words, the writer was able to confirm that in Central Asian and Russian regions, within intangible and tangible cultural heritage of Koreans (including Sahalin Koreans), similiarities and differences crossing countires and borders, or changed forms of new cultural heritage are inherent.