Wedding Cultures of Southeast Asia on Exhibit in Korea

The exhibition, Celebrating the Beauty of Marriage, is being held from 7 February to 22 March in the Korea Foundation (KF) Gallery to show wedding cultures of ten ASEAN countries. It was first held in 2017, the year of ASEAN-ROK...

Engaging the Community to Safeguard Singapore’s ICH

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) as defined by the 2003 UNESCO Convention encompasses the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and skills, which communities recognize as part of their cultural heritage. In the case of Singapore, ICH is important as it represents the...

Atlas of ICH in Uzbekistan Launched

The brochure of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements of Uzbekistan—covering elements from the country’s national list of ICH—was published through the financial support of ICHCAP in 2016 and 2017. To have a more detailed presentation of the information on the...

Basanta Utsav: Festival of Colors Celebrating Harmony

The Festival of Colors adorns the season of spring in north, east, and west India, and Nepal. While it is generally called Holi, and is a public holiday, it is celebrated as Basanta Utsav, or Dol, in the eastern Indian...