
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)
As a rule, they work in community-based groups supervised by experienced women artisans, and employ weaving, spinning, braiding, felting, embroidering, sewing and other traditional handicraft techniques. Yurt creation involves the whole community of craftspeople, and fosters common human values, constructive cooperation and creative imagination. Tr...
KazakhstanShrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke
holds in Oostduinkerke are actively engaged in shrimp fishing: each has its own speciality, such as weaving nets or an extensive knowledge of Brabant draft horses. Twice a week, except in winter months, the strong Brabant horses walk breast-deep in the surf in Oostduinkerke, parallel to the coastline, pulling funnel-shaped nets held open by two woo...
BelgiumPujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture
cians playing panpipes and drums, and two to four young female dancers. Craftswomen are responsible for weaving costumes meticulously to the smallest detail. Extensive community networks are mobilized to organize the ritual and provide abundant food and drink. Transmission of musical and choreographic knowledge to children occurs without adult part...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)ijan: the city of Sheki and the Basgal settlement. Kelaghayi making consists of several stages: fabric weaving, dyeing and woodblock decoration. Weavers choose thin silk threads from sericulture producers and weave fabrics on looms and then boil and dry them to make square-shaped cloths. Using vegetable substances, masters then dye the cloths vario...
28 November 2014>Paris
14.COM 1.BUR : Examination of requests for International Assistance up to US$100,000
entories have been compiled. However, the existing inventories do not document the variety of Malawi’s weaving and pottery traditions. In light of these facts, the project seeks to train ninety additional primary school teachers and young people and offer opportunities for apprenticeships; conduct community-based inventories in Malawi’s norther...
21 March 2019>UNESCO Headquarters
Seventeen new elements inscribed on the lists of the Convention
the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger (Algeria, Mali, Niger) Traditional art of Jamdani weaving (Bangladesh) Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke (Belgium) Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará (Brazil) Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through...
Algeria, Belgium
, Brazil
, China
, Cyprus
, Croatia
, Spain
, Ethiopia
, France
, Georgia
, Greece
, India
, Italy
, Japan
, Mali
, Morocco
, Mongolia
, Niger
, Uganda
, Portugal
4 December 2013>
As a rule, they work in community-based groups supervised by experienced women artisans, and employ weaving, spinning, braiding, felting, embroidering, sewing and other traditional handicraft techniques. Yurt creation involves the whole community of craftspeople, and fosters common human values, constructive cooperation and creative imagination. T...
28 November 2014>Paris
chitecture settlements, traditional dance, performed by the local community group members, and a tais traditional textile weaving workshop in Cova Lima District. ,Capacity-Building on the Implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Timor-Leste, Dili,...
10 April 2012 - 14 April 2012>Dili
eholds in Oostduinkerke are actively engaged in shrimp fishing: each has its own speciality, such as weaving nets or an extensive knowledge of Brabant draft horses. Twice a week, except in winter months, the strong Brabant horses walk breast-deep in the surf in Oostduinkerke, parallel to the coastline, pulling funnel-shaped nets held open by two wo...
7 December 2013>Baku
Report on the implementation of the Convention
e 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 covering the whole country and play a notable role in this safeguarding dynamic. Certain members of the aforementioned institutions hav...