The Committee Takes note that Cambodia has nominated Long-necked lute and epic singing in Cambodia for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, described as follows: Chapey Dang Veng is the Cambodian long-necked lute that lends its name to an epic singing tradition. The lute not only provides the epi...
The Committee Takes note that Cambodia has nominated Cultural practices and expressions linked to Krama, a traditional woven textile in Cambodia (No. 02115) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Krama is a woven textile associated with traditional practices and cultural expressions of the dail...
Intangible Heritage: Cambodia will receive financial support for the urgent safeguarding of Chapei Dang Veng musical tradition
Intangible Heritage: Cambodia will receive financial support for the urgent safeguarding of Chapei Dang Veng musical tradition,Intangible-Heritage:-Cambodia-will-receive-financial-support-for-the-urgent-safeguarding,''Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)'' — The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Herit...
Cambodia29 November 2016
The Committee Takes note that Cambodia has nominated Kun Lbokator, traditional martial arts in Cambodia (No. 01868) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Kun Lbokator is a martial art dating back to the first century. It aims to develop the mental and physical strength and discipline of its pr...
Report on the implementation of the Convention
in Phnom Penh, the MCFA published a volume, entitled ‘Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Cambodia’, which identified most of the relevant artistic forms. However, the publication is more in the form of a summary, and fails to provide detailed information about every form of intangible cultural heritage. In 2010, a Royal Decree was passed...
Cambodia and Samoa on the right track to safeguard their rich intangible cultural heritage
Cambodia and Samoa on the right track to safeguard their rich intangible cultural heritage,Cambodia-and-Samoa-on-the-right-track-to-safeguard-their-rich-intangible-cultural,UNESCO continues to assist several countries of the Asia-Pacific region in safeguarding their intangible cultural heritage. Thanks to the generous support of the Government of J...
Cambodia , Samoa22 October 2013
The Committee Takes note that Cambodia has nominated Chapei Dang Veng (No. 01165) for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: Chapei Dang Veng is a Cambodian musical tradition closely associated with the life, customs and beliefs of the Cambodian people. It features the chapei (a type of lute often...
Cambodia reorienting its methods of inventorying living heritage
Cambodia is reinforcing a community-based focus in its existing and new efforts to document and inventory living heritage. For this purpose and with generous funding from Japan, over 35 participants came together in Siem Reap from 14 to 21 February this year to build their knowledge and develop this new approach. UNESCO provided the substantive su...
14 February 2013 - 21 February 2013
Phnom PenhTraining on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Cambodia
on of nomination files to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists will be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 21 to 25 October 2013. Conducted by the UNESCO-trained facilitators, Suzanne Ogge from Australia and Rahul Goswani from India, the event is the final of a series of three capacity building events over the last 18 months aimed at the saf...
21 October 2013 - 25 October 2013
Phnom PenhCambodia reorienting its methods of inventorying living heritage
Cambodia reorienting its methods of inventorying living heritage,Cambodia-reorienting-its-methods-of-inventorying-living-heritage,Great efforts are underway to reorient Cambodia’s methods of inventorying living heritage. Thanks to the global UNESCO Programme to build capacity for the implementation of the Convention, the Government is reinforcing i...
Cambodia6 March 2013
