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Arirang, Typical Folk Song of Korean Nation
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- A lecture titled "World intangible cultural heritage-Arirang" and a film show took place at a Guinean company on May 11.

An official of the company in a lecture explained how the song "Arirang" came into being. He added the Koreans have widely sung "Arirang", a typical folk song of the nation registered as a world intangible cultural heritage.

He continued:

We can hear "Arirang" sung not only on the Korean peninsula but everywhere the Koreans reside.

Grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang" was produced as a world masterpiece in April 2002 and has since been given before full houses finally to be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records in August 2007.

The Korean nation is also called the "Arirang nation".

"Arirang" helps the world come to know better about the Korean nation as a homogeneous nation with one and same language and culture.

The lecture was followed by the Korean film "Grand Gymnastic and Artistic Performance 'Arirang'".

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