ICHCAP

What We Do

Information Sharing

ICHCAP aims to promote intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding activities of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, and countries through management and effective sharing of information and cultural data focusing on ICH....

Network Building

Our Centre establishes networks among communities, groups, and individuals to help transmit and share intangible cultural heritage. This initiative strengthens cooperative networks among NGOs, research institutes, and government organizations regionally...

Raising Awareness

Promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and raising public awareness about cultural assets, domains of knowledge, and practices relevant to ICH safeguarding shape conducive conditions for the protection...

Silk Roads Living Heritage Network Launching Ceremony, Living Heritage Forum and Coordinating Bureau Meeting to be held 28 and 29 October

UNESCO-ICHCAP, with cooperation with the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) and Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum Secretariat, co-host the launching events of the Silk Roads Living Heritage Network on...

Nila International Folklore Film Festival of India

NIFFFI is an annual festival that showcases films based on or emerging from indigenous cultures and folklore from around the world. The 2nd edition of the Nila International Folklore Film...

The festival of harvest: Onam

Onam is a major harvest festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala. The 10-day Onam festival marks the onset of the first month according to the Malayalam calendar called...

Messages from Youth for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

On Thursday, September 30, ‘2021 Intangible Cultural Heritage Youth Summit’ was held in parallel to the 2021 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center...

Gai Jatra, a festival of grief and laughter

Nepal, a small landlocked country situated between two giant countries, China and India, is a multilingual, multi-cultural and multi-ethnical country. It observes innumerable feasts and festivals throughout the year. These...

Sustainable Prosperity of ICH and Education, Tenth Central Asia Sub-regional Meeting to be held

The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (hereinafter ICHCAP) and UNESCO Almaty Office will host the Tenth Central...

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Related Sites

ichLinks

ichLinks is a one-stop online platform where you can easily meet and experience intangible cultural heritage information and content from forty-eight UNESCO member states in the Asia-Pacific region. ichLinks will advance as a common venue for communication and cooperation among various stakeholders, including policy makers, research institutes, experts, NGOs, communities and practitioners related to intangible cultural heritage.

ICH Courier

ICHCAP publishes the ICH Courier as a specialized magazine in the field of ICH to provide news and information related to intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region. The recent volumes can be viewed and downloaded online ICH Courier website.

e-Knowledge Center

ICHCAP has uploaded some of its project outcomes on our e-Knowledge Center website. Here, you can find multimedia materials and electronic versions of many ICHCAP publications.