Gyeonggi Urban Corporation Sponsors National Intangible Cultural Heritage 'Battal' for Third Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation has attracted attention by supporting a national intangible cultural heritage at risk of disappearing for three consecutive years.

Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation announced on the 24th that it recently delivered a sponsorship fund of 12 million won to preserve National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 79 'Baltal,' which is at risk of extinction as a vulnerable transmission category.

'Baltal' is a traditional Korean performance where a Baltal performer wearing shoes on their feet and a clown exchange witty stories while reciting folk songs, pansori, and shamanistic songs. The Cultural Heritage Administration designated Baltal as an emergency protection target in 2016.

Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation has been supporting Baltal for three years since its first sponsorship in 2018.

Lee Heon-wook, president of Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation, stated, "In addition to sponsorship activities for national intangible cultural heritage, we will fulfill our social responsibilities as a public enterprise by engaging in cultural heritage cleanup activities and supporting local cultural heritage experience programs for vulnerable children in the province."

In 2016, Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation became the first local public enterprise to receive the Commissioner of the Cultural Heritage Administration Award for 'Excellent Cultural Heritage Keeper Activities.'

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