Safeguarding and Promotion of Kyrgyz Traditional Felt Carpets

For the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, master classes and an exhibition of these traditional carpets were held...

Traditional Samoan faletele to be built in Japan

Traditional builders from Samoa are in Japan on a very special mission: to build a faletele, a traditional Samoan house that is circular with one or more central posts. Master Builder Lesā Laufale, who started learning his craft some 30...

Smong: A Traditional Simeuleu Island Mitigation to Face Tsunami

The devastating 9.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred December 26, 2004 in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that rose up to 30 meters, devastating many areas in Asia and Africa (www.bmkg.go.id). It was the third-biggest earthquake ever registered on a seismograph...