
tion to Botswana for submitting, on time, its first report on the status of the element ‘Seperu folkdance and associated practices’, inscribed in 2019 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the efforts undertaken by the State Party to safeguard the element, in particular by engaging master prac...
6 December 2024>Asunción
Six elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
ation and a drastic reduction in the number of practitioners and masters. Morocco - Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas Taskiwin is a martial dance specific to the western High Atlas that gets its name from the horn each dancer carries. It involves shaking one’s shoulders to the rhythm of tambourines and flutes. The practice is th...
Botswana, Colombia
, Morocco
, Mongolia
, Türkiye
, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
6 December 2017>
16.COM : Examination of requests for International Assistance
ssess and inventory the knowledge, practices and bearers associated with this traditional Mongolian folk dance. Other activities include developing a handout with the results of the field research, providing apprenticeship training in seven regions, conducting an awareness-raising seminar for cultural staff in the country, and creating a documentar...
18 December 2021>Online
ty’s history, cultural heritage and identity with some aspects incorporating traditional costumes, music and dance. Bearers and practitioners are members of the public, temple guardians, ritual priests, spirit mediums, assistants and musicians who transmit knowledge and skills orally to newcomers and family members. The practice of shared values...
2 December 2016>Addis Ababa
its thanks to Kenya for submitting, on time, its first report on the status of the element ‘Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya’, inscribed in 2014 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the continued efforts undertaken by Kenya to safeguard the element, in particul...
14 December 2019>Bogotá
erings, inviting the spirits of the departed to feast, invoking spirits of water and land, and music and dance. Afterwards, participants dance on an elevated wooden structure called the ‘Buklog’ – a sacred and social space – which resonates with a sound believed to please the spirits. This is followed by a community dance marking the renewa...
14 December 2019>Bogotá
Report on the implementation of the Convention
ture College of the Latvian Academy of Culture prepares professionals in cultural management, library sciences, dance management and cultural tourism, promoting tangible and intangible heritage through both theory and practice. The University of Latvia also offers undergraduate and post-graduate study programmes in folkloristics as well as cultural...
Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual
individual circumstances. Ritual performers also sing special, auspicious songs for unmarried girls and dance with them – a practice said to help them find a husband within the next year. Colindat is sometimes performed in costume, with instrumental accompaniment and choreography. Groups of young men (traditionally unmarried) are the main bearers...
Republic of Moldova, Romania
ubmitting, on time, its second report on the status of the element ‘Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda’, inscribed in 2012 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the continued efforts described in the report submitted by Uganda to safeguard the element, in pa...
18 December 2021>Online
ido Bugaku According to legend, travelling performers of ''bugaku,'' the ritual dance and music of the imperial palace, visited Hachimantai Town in northern Japan in the early eighth century, during the reconstruction of Dainichido, the shrine pavilion. The ritual performance of Dainichido Bugaku takes its name from this story,...
Japan