to keep heritage arts relevant in modern, urban settings. Jan Cristhian Mata Ferrer Jan is a Mazahua textile artist from the community of San Felipe Santiago, Villa de Allende, State of México, Mexico. Fascinated by the unique forms and beautiful colours of the textiles, ten-year old Jan asked his mother to teach him embroidery only to be tol......9 February 2022
19.COM 1.BUR : Examination of emergency requests for International Assistance
lementation of five museum pilot projects centred around five types of Ukrainian living heritage: (a) textile work and refined handicrafts; (b) folk dances; (c) traditional music and singing; (d) religion and feasts; and (e) traditional foodways. An international conference will bring together the key players from the projects to discuss the l...5 March 2024
UNESCO Headquarters
Report on the implementation of the Convention
partners, offers various professional diplomas (e.g. in hotel management, interior design, fashion and textile design, museum studies, and television direction and production) in which a special focus is placed on intangible cultural heritage. Lok Virsa also holds special music classes to build on the capacities of newcomers to the field. Within L...
cticed in a close connection with the cultural meanings and the social context entailed by this craftsmanship (various textile crafts, family and community events, rituals and feasts, etc.), especially by promoting the concept of intangible cultural heritage as an important source of identity for its bearers. At the international level, the inscrip...3 December 2022
Rabat
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ding Federated States of Micronesia: Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making Timor-Leste: Tais, traditional textile Estonia: Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region Mali: Cultural practices and expressions linked to the 'M’Bolon', a traditional musical percussion instrument Additions to the Representative List... international
17 December 2021
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pilot inventory in Ateni Valley (Kartly Region) and (b) thematic pilot inventory on the traditions of national textile techniques during which 170 elements were identified, many threatened with disappearance. A more extensive inventory of Upper Svaneti ICH took place in 2014. In 2012–14, several elements were proposed for inscription in the Nati...
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els (up to high school). For example, the Batik technique is taught in Pekalongan Vocational School and textile art is taught in the local junior school. The programme entitled ‘Education and training in Indonesian Batik intangible cultural heritage, in collaboration with the Batik Museum in Pekalongan’ was recognized by the Committee as a Best...
.c.3 DraftdecisionNo.State(s)Title as submittedDocuments7.c.1 ChinaFR: Les techniques textiles traditionnelles des Li : filage, teinture, tissage et broderieRepresentative List - transfer from Urgent Safeguarding ListFile reference: 2153Note: inscribedNomination form ICH-02-USL to RL:......11 February 2025
11.COM : Examination of proposals to the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices
les and objectives of the Convention: The Werkraum Bregenzerwald, Hand.Werk.Haus Salzkammergut, and Textiles Zentrum Haslach are three centres in Austria run by local, traditional craftspeople who, for the past 15 years, have been collaborating with international artists, educational institutions, craft businesses and other entities to help safegu...2 December 2016
Addis Ababa
. For centuries, men and women have used their inherited knowledge and artistic talent to create embroidered textiles both as a family legacy and as a profession. The basic principles have remained the same as those used in the past, whether for linen, cotton, wool or silk. However, factories that used to weave with expensive silk yarn have gradual...19 December 2020
Paris