raise awareness about the element, the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization broadcasts Thingyan films and documentaries and theatre associations produce songs and dances associated with the element. Awareness of the element among the next generation is raised through the media and inclusion of information in school curricula. Regional and national...6 December 2024
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al gatherings and festivals. It is also worn in the performing arts, such as in dance performances, theatre and film. Contemporary designs are featured in beauty pageants and award ceremonies to reflect the wearer’s cultural identity. Making kebaya involves specific skills and knowledge related to the preparation, design, selection and cutting of...6 December 2024
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rformances will take place at festivals and on performing arts tours. The element will be incorporated in the theatre curricula of primary and secondary schools and universities to raise its visibility among young people. The role of the community in the planning and implementation of the safeguarding measures is elaborated in the file and its supp...6 December 2024
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ce. Observed by people regardless of gender and age, the celebrations include music, songs, dances, theatre and local sports performances (such as wrestling). During the ceremony, the communities organize flower exhibitions and sell or display related handicrafts and products. The practice is transmitted informally, through storytelling and partici...6 December 2024
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art consisting of handmade puppets moving behind a thin translucent curtain or screen inside a dark theatre, now practised mainly in Damascus. A light from behind the stage projects the shadows of the puppets onto the screen as they move along to an oral script and music. The theatrical content of Shadow play revolves around humorous social critic...1 December 2018
Port Louis
3.COM : Accreditation of non-governmental organizations
The Committee, Having examined Document ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/9; Recalling Article 9 of the Convention and Chapter 3.2.2 of the Operational Directives; Further recalling Resolution 2.GA 6; Decides that the following organizations satisfy the criteria set out in the above-mentioned Directives and recommends to the General Assembly that they be acc...8 November 2008
Istanbul
Seven new elements inscribed on the List in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
s of war and of the Khmer Rouge regime. Egypt—Traditional Hand Puppetry—, Al-Aragoz, an old form of Egyptian theatre using traditional hand puppetry, takes its name from the main puppet, whose distinctive voice is produced with the help of a vocal modifier. Perfomances, involving interaction with the audiences, offer comical entertainment dr... Algeria
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eenth century. The parade takes place in streets or on rivers, and is often accompanied by bands and theatre performances, some of which occur at night with illuminated floats. Groups of friends or entire neighbourhoods often spend months preparing elaborate floats, adding the fresh products (flowers, fruit and vegetables) in the final days before...18 December 2021
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List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Nora is a lively and acrobatic form of dance theatre and improvisational singing from southern Thailand. Performances normally include a long oral invocation, followed by a presentation by a lead character who dances with vigorous and elaborate movements of the legs, arms and fingers. The perf...18 December 2021
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ResiliArt online dialogue: Living heritage experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic
Premin Gamwari Premin Gamwari was born in 1946 to a family of puppeteers in Ambalangoda, a coastal town in Southern Sri Lanka and home to traditional string puppet theatre in Sri Lanka. He received formal education up to junior-secondary level and joined his father, a leading puppeteer at the time, to master the art....Follow the debate online - from 1.30 to 2.50 pm on Wednesday 9 September 2020 Web platform displaying more than 200 living heritage experiences about COVID-19 Survey results (as of August 2020): English|French|Spanish Share your experience through our form (English|French|Spanish) or your photos and videos by email (ICH.COM@unesco.org) See als...9 February 2022