ge of Humanity: R.1: The art of pottery making is based on deep knowledge of nature and the environment. The craft is practiced primarily by women who demonstrate their personality, generosity and intimate lives through the craft. Traditional learning of values, knowledge, lore and practices associated with the element is transmitted through obser...18 December 2021
Online
17.COM : Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
The Committee Takes note that Czechia has proposed Strategy for safeguarding traditional crafts: The Bearers of Folk Craft Tradition programme (No. 01468) for selection and promotion by the Committee as a programme, project or activity best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention: In 1997, the National Institute of Folk Culture...3 December 2022
Rabat
al identities of Chăm people in Viet Nam. However, despite many safeguarding efforts, the viability of the craft is still at risk for several reasons, including the impact of urbanization on access to raw materials, insufficient adaptation to the market economy and lack of interest among younger generations. Considers that, from the information...3 December 2022
Rabat
hemia, where blown glass beads have been produced since the late eighteenth century, the traditional craft is specialized and technically demanding. The element has been passed down through families for generations. Small production workshops were also bearers of the element, but only one survived the era when the socialist economy was undergoing t...19 December 2020
Paris
tional tattoos and Berber weaving. Men are involved in the sales process, making this a family-based craft that promotes family cohesion. Faced with socioeconomic changes, the women of Sejnane have adapted their craft to modern-day needs and fluctuations in demand, showing their capacity for innovation. The knowledge and skills relating to the craf...1 December 2018
Port Louis
The Committee Takes note that Portugal has nominated Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures (No. 01279) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The Craftsmanship of Estremoz Clay Figures involves a production process lasting several days: the elements of the figures are assembled before being fi...9 December 2017
Jeju Island
mmittee Takes note that Romania and the Republic of Moldova have nominated Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova (No. 01167) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: In the past, wall carpets produced by weavers in communities of Romania and the Republic of...2 December 2016
Addis Ababa
12.COM : Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
The Committee Takes note that Uzbekistan has proposed Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies (No. 01254) for selection and promotion by the Committee as a programme, project or activity best reflecting the principles and objectives of the Convention: The history of ikat atlas and a...9 December 2017
Jeju Island
The Committee Takes note that Iraq has nominated Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Naoor (no. 01694) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Al-Naoor is a wooden wheel that rotates on its axis. It is used on the streams of the Euphrates River in Iraq, where water levels are lower than the...18 December 2021
Online
The Committee Takes note that Ghana has nominated Craftsmanship of traditional woven textile Kente (No. 02130) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: In Ghana, Kente is a fabric made of strips that are woven from silk, cotton or rayon using horizontal looms. The age, social status and gender of...6 December 2024
Asunción