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performance and exhibitions more open to the public, such as practitioner-designer co produced traditional craft items, performances in public auditorium. ICH related materials such as video clips, images, and traditional craft designs have been converted to digital resources and provided for online access and utilization through websites. 5. Prom...
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ects of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, as follows: the National Office of Tunisian Handicraft; the National Tunisian Office for Tourism; and the Technical Centre for the Creation, Innovation and Supervision of Carpets and Weaving. In addition, ethnographic museums (of which ten based in different regions of the country) form a network c...
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l organizations active in the field of intangible cultural heritage. In addition, the Authority for Craft Industries looks after traditional handicrafts and undertakes many programmes to safeguard the craftsmen and their works, including through the provision of training for craftspeople and apprentices. The Omani Centre for Traditional Music is al...
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ve civil society associations also mentioned in the report include: the Folk Music Center, the Family Craft Association, the Reykjavik Folk-Dance Association, the Icelandic National Wrestling Association and the National Association of Traditional Singers. The University of Iceland and Bifröst University both offer courses relevant to training in...
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NCIENNES” (NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE OLD TOWNS”) is organized each year by the Ministry for Culture and Craft in one of the old towns of Mauritania. Six editions of this festival have already taken place. It is an opportunity to promote the country’s cultural heritage, including its intangible cultural heritage. This festival gives all the com...
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on to these, are two of Norway’s UNESCO-accredited NGOs – the Norwegian Centre for Traditional Music and Dance and the Norwegian Crafts Institute. Currently, Norway has no single, national inventory of intangible cultural heritage but the Arts Council is exploring various ordering principles and technical approaches for such an inventory if it...
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opular Music Festival, National Festival of Iso-polyphony etc.) The Centre also organizes traditional craft fairs, holds workshops and meetings of experts of intangible heritage, publishes books and leaflets etc. As for measures to promote the function of intangible cultural heritage in society, MoCTS has included a specific chapter on living herit...
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r Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage was proposed in early 2016. The General Directorate of Handicrafts also runs a register of artisans and has a register of craft practices by region. The Department of Bi-lingual Education (under the Ministry of Education) is recording and revitalizing oral traditions and strengthening the country’s seve...
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ng arts, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs holds exhibitions featuring works and materials related to craft techniques and techniques for protecting cultural properties in order to facilitate the understanding for the transmission of such techniques. The National Government also supports local governments in the dissemination of intangible cultur...
mportant skills in relation to the structure and formation of performing arts mentioned in the previous clause. For craft techniques, the first three criteria are applied, with ‘art history’ being replaced by ‘the history of craft techniques’. By comparison, to be designated as ‘Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties’, performing...