1 August 2013 - 31 January 2014
Field survey and inventorying of ICH elements in Bhutan
The project supported the field inventorying of the following ICH elements organized by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to test the skills learnt during the community-based inventorying workshop. The teams mobilized to conduct the ICH inventorying made use of a template they developed during the community-based inventorying, which included identification of threats and challenges, transmission and customary practices, viability and safeguarding measures.
• Traditional archery held in the districts of Wangdi, Bumthang and Samtse.
• Nub Zhey traditional singing of the Bji and Saengkyi communities in Central Bhutan
• Traditional pottery practiced by the women of the Maengjibi and Gangzur villages in Lhuentse district