
7.COM : Examination of International Assistance requests greater than US$25,000
Assistance in the amount of US$198,619 for Support for safeguarding and disseminating the skills of weaving wild silk in Madagascar: The communities of the ‘Tapia Forest’ corridor, which runs through Madagascar, are known for their strong sericulture tradition. However, the corridor has been interrupted or has disappeared in many places due to...
7 December 2012>Paris
eps in the process, from gathering cocoons and collecting cotton, to spinning, wrapping, dyeing and weaving the threads by hand. Dresses prepared from atlas and adras cloths are widely used by women and girls during celebrations, in the workplace, in schools and at home. Traditionally, the knowledge and skills related to the production of the atlas...
8 December 2023>Kasane
Myanmar pursues its march towards safeguarding intangible heritage
in safeguarding ICH. Bronze casting craft in Tamapawaddy, Chanmyathase Township, Mandalay Silk weaving craft in Muand Dan Quarter, Amarapura Township, Mandalay Nat spirit worship in Mandalay where four spirit mediums/practitioners were interviewed. ,Myanmar pursues its march towards safeguarding intangible heritage,Mandalay,...
19 May 2014 - 24 May 2014>Mandalay
lves one of humankind’s oldest savoir-faire, a prehistoric technique that predates the invention of weaving. The inner bark of the Mutuba tree (Ficus natalensis) is harvested during the wet season and then, in a long and strenuous process, beaten with different types of wooden mallets to give it a soft and fine texture and an even terracotta co...
Ugandah the role of women is important because they are responsible for passing the knowledge and skills of weaving krama to the next generation. Although the number of individual weavers has diminished, professional groups and producers are taking over the production role. The transmission of the element is reinforced by formal methods including trainin...
6 December 2024>Asunción
Cambodia reorienting its methods of inventorying living heritage
the School of Fine Arts and two local communities, with forms of ICH documented including traditional weaving processes, martial arts skills and techniques, and performing arts. Participants learned, through hands-on training, field-based techniques of interviewing and audio-visual recording. A visit was also conducted to the Eco-Global Museum (...
Cambodia6 March 2013>
to Egypt for submitting, on time, its first biennial report on the status of the element ‘Handmade weaving in Upper Egypt (Sa'eed)’, inscribed in 2020 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 enhancing its...
8 December 2023>Kasane
established fine mat committees within their villages, allowing them to exchange ideas about best practice for weaving, and to boost opportunities for strengthening the transmission of the art form. Considers that, from the information included in the file, the nomination satisfies the following criteria for inscription on the Representative List...
14 December 2019>Bogotá
Community-based inventorying to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in western Guatemala
ations of local ICH elements and record them, such as the ´Torito´s dance´, local culinary traditions, weaving techniques and ceramic production. The workshop was financed by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, thanks to a generous contribution from Azerbaijan. ,The capacity-building project to safeguard Guatemala´s intangible cultural her...
Guatemala16 June 2017>
irates for submitting, on time, its third report on the status of the element ‘Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates’, inscribed in 2011 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 developi...
6 December 2024>Asunción