펜데믹 시기 무형유산 전승공동체의 대응 -강릉단오제를 중심으

Abstract

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has put the global community for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage into a difficult position. Transmission activities are dwindling across the board and are in danger of extinction. The intangible cultural heritage transmission community has reached a point where not only the current difficulties but also life after COVID-19 are threatened. This article focused on how to protect and utilize intangible cultural heritage in a pandemic situation through the response of the Gangneung Dano Festival tradition community. Gangneung Dano Festival is a ritual and local festival that has been handed down mainly in Gangneung, Gangwon-do to welcome Dano. In addition to the national intangible cultural assets public event, the Dano Festival hosts a variety of surrounding events. The Gangneung Dano Festival, which had 1 million people participating by 2019, has been hit by a crisis since the pandemic. Except for public events for national intangible cultural properties, most events were canceled, and demonstrations were also converted to non-face-to-face, except for preservation members. Before COVID-19, more than 120 events were operated, but face-to-face events were reduced after COVID-19. Gangneung Dano Festival Transmission Community organized non-face-to-face events such as live broadcast of designated cultural properties, Dano TV, interactive citizen participation, and Cyber ​​Gallery, and broadcast live social media and pre-produced contents. For Gangneung citizens, the ‘Thousand Year Festival Gangneung Dano Festival’ was recognized as a cultural heritage that ‘must be preserved’ or ‘should be’. The Gangneung Dano Festival in 2020 and 2021, which was held online with new imagination in the face of a pandemic, is a positive example of the community's response to the intangible cultural heritage. Gangneung Dano Festival The tradition community resolutely dealt with hardships and prepared for the future to come. They continue to adapt to change while maintaining their culture and traditions. The intangible cultural heritage transmission community should spread the intangible cultural heritage through active action and selective acceptance.