
ances of popular plays combine mythological heroes and plots from religious epics with folk song and dance. Jatra features at religious and social festivals where it attracts a wide audience irrespective of caste or creed. Its vitality is closely linked to its grass-roots popularity and as such it constitutes an important marker of rural cultural i...
4 December 2015>Windhoek
of the indigenous Totonac language, traditional pottery, textiles and embroidery, traditional music, dance and rituals, the production of natural dyes and paint, traditional medicine, performing arts and traditional gastronomy, among others. This laid the groundwork for the structure and content of the centre and its constituent Houses-Schools. T...
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Podcast ‘The stuff of life’: from the coaxing ritual for camels of Mongolia to the Bigwala music and dance of Uganda, the podcast focuses on Living Heritage and UNESCO’s efforts to safeguard it for the future. Live webcast Follow the meeting live on UNESCO website in English, French, and Spanish. Consult also the online calendar of eve...
13 December 2019 - Committee endorses new principles and modalities for safeguarding living heritage in emergencies 13 December 2019 - The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage selected two projects for inclusion on the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices 11 December 2019 - Five new elemen...9 February 2022>lace over fifteen hours, using large and small mesh fishing nets. It is immediately followed by a masked dance on the public square featuring Buwa dancers from San and neighbouring villages who wear traditional costumes and hats decorated with cowry shells and feathers and perform specific choreography to the rhythms of a variety of drums. Traditio...
2 October 2009>Abu Dhabi
regions of Namibia. The music is practised as a means of entertainment at social events, such as during the dance to welcome the rainy season and wedding ceremonies, and also as a medium of instruction in girl’s education during their initiation into womanhood. The Namibia National Commission for UNESCO is responsible for preparing the nominatio...
3 October 2017>UNESCO Headquarters
Inventories: identifying for safeguarding
garian experience in inventorymaking The Brazilian experience in inventorymaking A four-year project to record living music and dance traditions in Ethiopia: towards a comprehensive national intangible cultural heritage inventory Community-based documentation contributes to the viability of intangible cultural heritage in the Philippines The Ve...
An in-depth study has been conducted on intangible cultural heritage inventories in periodic reports submitted between 2011 and 2014...21 September 2018>ion on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Attan is a communal dance performed among Pashtun communities often during festivities. The group of dancers, whose numbers can range to several dozen, forms a circle with a double-headed drum at the centre. The drummer takes up the beat while a facilitator controls th...
4 December 2015>Windhoek
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and modalities for safeguarding living heritage in emergenciesSome examples of ICH inventorying:Guidance Note on InventoryingPress conferenceContacts for pressPress kitTimetableWorking documentsCalendar of eventsFAQWebcastFiles 2022 under examinationUNESCO and social mediaTwitter for inscriptionsFacebookInstagram: Instagram.com/UNESCOWeibo: Weibo....
...26 November 2022>Report on the implementation of the Convention
. Non-formal means of knowledge transfer are always highly popular, such as handicrafts and folk music and folk dance courses by different informal schools, which are led by prominent musicians, craftspersons or dancers. Elements of intangible cultural heritage are transmitted within the framework of the family or the local community and, in partic...
tonac arts for apprentices to follow, such as pottery, textiles, paintings, art of healing, traditional dance, music, theatre and cuisine. At the ‘House of Elders’, students acquire the essential values of the Totonac and an orientation in the meaning of creative practice. The transmission of knowledge is integral and holistic. The house-school...
7 December 2012>Paris