Overview
The Korean costume is an outfit comprised of a jacket and a woman’s skirt or men’s trousers. It is completed with seasonal overclothes, including an overcoat and a waistcoat, and may include other accessories such as a breast ribbon. The costume is created using natural fabrics such as silk, ramie and cotton. The related knowledge and skills involve design, cutting, needlework, embroidery or drawing, printing of geometric and natural patterns, and decoration with accessories and precious metals or stones. Often referenced in art and literature, the Korean costume is used on many occasions, including birthdays, weddings, festivals and holidays. Women are the leading bearers and practitioners devoted to the costume creation and transmission in shops, within families and in the fields of education and research. Generally, a chief craftswoman coordinates cooperation between craftspeople....
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Community and Authority
- Communities
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Languages
- Not specified in UNESCO dataset
- Cultural territories
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Countries
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
How the System Works
The Korean costume is an outfit comprised of a jacket and a woman’s skirt or men’s trousers. It is completed with seasonal overclothes, including an overcoat and a waistcoat, and may include other accessories such as a breast ribbon. The costume is created using natural fabrics such as silk, ramie and cotton. The related knowledge and...
Sources and Evidence
Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.
Field-Level Provenance
- title
- UNESCO DataHub field title_en
- preferredTitle
- UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
- summary
- UNESCO DataHub field description_en
- type
- UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
- countries
- UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
- categories
- ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
- relationships
- UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
- sourceUrl
- UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
- rights
- UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url
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