Seni persembahan Mak Yong merupakan satu-satunya objek warisan tidak ketara negara yang mendapatpengiktirafan dunia daripada UNESCO sebagai Karya Agung Warisan Tidak Ketara pada September2005. Warisan tidak ketara ini terdedah dengan ancaman kepupusan terhadap perubahan zaman danditambah dengan kekurangan sokongan, penghargaan dan kesedaran di kalangan masyarakat kini.Bagi memperkukuhkan dan memupuk penghayatan yang utuh kepada budaya warisan, pelbagai usahadiambil untuk melindungi warisan dengan memelihara dan mendokumentasikan produk warisan ketaraatau tidak ketara seperti tapak warisan, monumen, artifak, tradisi lisan, nilai adat dan nilai budaya. Secarakeseluruhan, tujuan utama artikel ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti perlindungan yang dilaksanakan olehkerajaan dalam memartabatkan warisan Mak Yong dan menghuraikan evolusi pendokumentasian senipersembahan Mak Yong agensi yang terlibat. Hasil daripada penyelidikan ini, kajian mendapati bahawamaklumat warisan ini masih lagi tidak lengkap dan terdapat beberapa aspek maklumat penting yangmasih tidak didokumenkan untuk rujukan generasi akan datang.
United Nations Educational, Scientifi c, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized Mak Yong’sTheater Performing Art as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity bySeptember 2005. This intangible legacy is exposed to the threat of extinction over the changing timesand coupled with the lack of support, appreciation, and recognition in among society now. In order tostrengthen and nurture intact behavior in heritage culture, various eff orts are necessitated to protect theheritage by preserving and documenting tangible or intangible heritage products such as heritage sites,monuments, artifacts, oral traditions, custom values and cultural values. Overall, the main purpose ofthis article is to discover the protection initiated by the government in upholding Mak Yong’s legacy andelaborating on the evolution of the Mak Yong presentation artworks involved. As a result of this research,investigations have determined that this legacy information is still fragmentary and there are someimportant aspects of valuable information that are still undocumented for future generation’s references
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