A Task for Listing Ssireum on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The purpose of this study is to examine a task for listing Ssireum on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A conclusion of this is as follows. First, Ssireum is a folk game and a traditional sport representing Korea. Second, tasks for listing ssireum on Intangible Cultural Heritage are as follows. 1. The original form of ssireum should be concretely suggested through “A Study on Ssireum General Planning”. 2. “The Committee for Listing Ssireum on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” starting in 2014 should offer PR and justification for listing ssireum on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at home and abroad. 3. It should reach close coordination scheme with related government departments such as World Heritage Team in Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4. Materials related to ssireum at home and abroad needed to listing on UNESCO should be wholly collected. 5. Department related to ssireum should be continuously opened in colleges. 6. Ssireum should be designated as intangible cultural asset, and “Ssireum Training Center” should be built. 7. The government should support continuously based on “Ssireum Promotion Act”. 8. Types for listing on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity should be prepared. Third, Ssireum will list. This will be an opportunity that this folk game is recognized as the important part of intangible heritage, and an opportunity to confirm that a community game is fully valuable for listing on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.