
lude pouring water on Buddha images, giving older community members manicures and pedicures, donating food, giving to charity and joining meditation retreats. There are also community-based song and dance performances. Flowers and leaves symbolizing the seven days of the week are arranged in an earthenware vase, which is placed at the front of the...
6 December 2024>Asunción
arinet. Dancers, lavishly dressed as Tata Pujllay, tirelessly circle around a large altar decorated with food. Ayarichi is danced during festivals dedicated to various Catholic saints who govern the social and cosmic order and influence the preservation of life. The group comprises four male dancer-musicians playing panpipes and drums, and two to f...
28 November 2014>Paris
ishing expeditions throughout the area while another prepares offerings of rock salt, fish and ritual food for the spirits, and performs music and dance. The ritual combines knowledge of agriculture, food processing, handicrafts (costumes, tools and musical instruments) and the construction of houses and fishing dams. Yaokwa and the local biodivers...
29 November 2011>Bali
Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño
buds to be harvested, delicately harvesting without damaging the plants, finding water and preserving food, and so on. Practitioners and bearers transmit the related knowledge through orality, observation and experimentation, mainly within the family circle. The techniques associated with mopa-mopa harvesting, wood processing and varnish decoratio...
Colombiatices in a multicultural urban context is present throughout Singapore. Hawkers prepare a variety of food (‘hawker food’) for people who dine and mingle at hawker centres. These centres serve as ‘community dining rooms’ where people from diverse backgrounds gather and share the experience of dining over breakfast, lunch and dinner. Activiti...
19 December 2020>Paris
Sustaining Seperu folk dance and associated practices
encouraging the planting of native tree species used for constructing the bures, as well as reviving food crops and vegetables using demo-plots. Coordinated by the Centre for Sustainable Technology and Development of the Fiji National University, project implementation on the ground will be ensured by the Navala Village Development Committee....
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or creating and dressing effigies made of corncobs and for coordinating the preparation and serving of food, and one Board Member who plays percussion. The ceremony begins with the spiritual and physical preparation of the officiants along with their instruments, a procession to the ceremonial sites, the recitation of the prayer in the Maya Mam lan...
29 November 2011>Bali
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead
iod also marks the completion of the annual cycle of cultivation of maize, the country’s predominant food crop. Families facilitate the return of the souls to Earth by laying flower petals, candles and offerings along the path leading from the cemetery to their homes. The deceased’s favourite dishes are prepared and placed around the home shr...
Mexicoddings, rites of passages and many other socio-cultural occasions in Japan. R.2: The element contributes to food security, environmental sustainability including climate change, sustainable consumption and production, and peace and social cohesion. The element contributes to food security and environmental sustainability by safeguarding clean w...
6 December 2024>Asunción
Sustaining Seperu folk dance and associated practices
produced for rituals, ceremonies or social gatherings while others are used to store water or cook food. The craft is closely linked to social practices and foodways of the communities concerned and provides a livelihood for many families. Today, due to the amount of labour required and low profit combined with the impact of formal education, the...
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