Tais, traditional textile

Benefitting country(ies): Timor-Leste

Overview:

This three-year project is being implemented by the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO. Activities include promoting this handwoven traditional textile in fairs, creating a television programme and adding Timor-Leste’s cultural elements, including Tais, to school curricula. In terms of research, the project entails recruiting an international expert to conduct field research and to document and photograph the raw materials used a ›››

Tais, traditional textile

Benefitting country(ies): Timor-Leste

Overview:

Tais is a form of traditional weaving produced at home or in small groups by women in Timor-Leste, which has been transmitted from generation to generation through oral tradition. The styles and colours vary from one municipality to the other. The cloths are traditionally made of cotton with natural dyes. It used to be very important and valuable in the ›››

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Strengthening of National Capacities in Asia and the Pacific

Benefitting country(ies): Bhutan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste

Overview:

This project generously financed by the Government of Japan aimed at assisting eight countries, namely Bhutan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage through the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. It aimed at building up a critical mass of experience and ›››

News and activities:

• 2015-07-06 – Second round of capacity-building activities launched in Asia and the Pacific
• 2014-03-07 – Sri Lanka and Bhutan better equipped to use the international mechanisms of the Intangible Heritage Convention

Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Promotion of Cultural Identity and Community Resilience in Timor-Leste

Benefitting country(ies): Timor-Leste