g the year). In the days preceding the festival, people clean their homes, stock provisions and prepare food. On New Year’s Eve, families dine together and stay up late to welcome the new year. During the festival, people wear new clothes, make offerings to heaven, earth and ancestors, and extend greetings to elders, relatives, friends and neighb...6 December 2024
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for children. It is also used during rituals, ceremonies and festive events, as well as to prepare food and in health care. Although krama is predominantly produced by women, men also participate in the process by planting and harvesting cotton, collecting the materials for the dyes, and maintaining the handlooms. In the past, most women knew how...6 December 2024
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15.COM 3.BUR : Examination of requests for International Assistance up to US$100,000
genous knowledge systems of the El-Molo in Lake Turkana, with a focus on traditional handicrafts and food practices. The project has three key objectives. Firstly, it aims to raise awareness among the El-Molo about the significance of their indigenous knowledge systems and the need to safeguard them for posterity. Secondly, it will enhance the tran...30 October 2020
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nd wood from forests qualified as sustainable habitats. R.2: The inscription of the element would point to the importance of food traditions as strong identity markers that are easily accessible to a wide audience from different cultural backgrounds who share primordial nutritional needs. The skills involved in working natural, basic ingredient...9 December 2017
Jeju Island
19.COM 3.BUR : Examination of requests for International Assistance up to US$100,000
rnational Assistance for the project entitled Empowering communities for the safeguarding of Belize’s foodways: a community-based inventory project for sustainable development and disaster resilience: To be implemented by the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), this twenty-four-month project aims to strengthen community capacity an...1 October 2024
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ent livestock farming methods. They also possess special skills related to all kinds of handicraft and food production involved. Festivities during springtime and autumn mark the beginning and end of transhumance, when bearers share food, rituals and stories and introduce younger generations to the practice. Chief herders pass on their specific kno...14 December 2019
Bogotá
llage of Zlakusa relates to the knowledge and skills involved in making unglazed vessels for thermic food processing. Used in households and restaurants across Serbia, Zlakusa pottery is made of clay and calcite and the wheel is run exclusively by hand. The process takes seven to ten days, and includes the preparation of clay paste, shaping, decora...19 December 2020
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At the national level, it would be a catalyst for increased awareness about shared heritage related to food and food production. It would enhance respect for cultural diversity among societies of the submitting States and strengthen links between them, as well as increase support for national programmes related to this element and intangible cultu...8 December 2023
Kasane
ade with chilli pepper paste, is an integral part of domestic provisions and the daily culinary and food traditions of Tunisian society. It is usually prepared by women in a convivial and festive family or neighbourhood setting. It is prepared by drying the chilli peppers in the sun, and splitting the peppers, removing the stalks and deseeding. The...3 December 2022
Rabat
munity in Serbia. Exhibitions are also an opportunity for the community to socialize and share traditional food, costumes, customs, music and dances, among others. Considers that, from the information included in the file, the nomination satisfies the following criteria for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage...6 December 2024
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