ICHCAP will hold the 2018 Information Officers Meeting for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region with the theme of “Knowledge-Sharing Network and Strengthening Capacity for Safeguarding ICH” on 10 and 11 December in Seoul. Participants will discuss how to strengthen knowledge-sharing...
The thirteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (13.COM) will take place at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre in Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius, from 26 November to 1 December 2018. During...
The National Folk Museum of Korea (NFMK) is holding the 2nd World Folk Film Contest to promote traditional folk culture conservation and creative ways in its transmission. Submissions are open from 10 September to 18 December. Korean applicants can enter...
Loy Krathong Festival is a yearly event in Thailand on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month, usually in November. This festival has a long history dating back to the Sukhothai era and continuously maintains its popularity in...
A new book in the ICH & Society publication series, Ha Noi Intangible Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Life, was launched at the Hanoi Temple of Literature on 9 November 2018. The publication is the result from a two-year collaboration between...
On 8 November 2018, ICHCAP’s Associate Expert B.B.P. Hosmillo interviewed Charis Loke, a teacher and artist from Malaysia, after the 2018 NGO Conference in Hue, Vietnam. Charis Loke is an artist programmer and junior trainer at Arts-ED Penang, where she...