Under Our SG Heritage Plan, Singapore has been stepping up its efforts to strengthen research and documentation of its ICH, increase community participation in such research and documentation work, and leverage new technologies to promote ICH and increase both public...
Nauryz is the first day of the new year according to the solar calendar in many Turkic cultures and symbolizes the renewal of nature associated with the cult of fertility. Nauryz unites people around traditional values. Before the holiday, it...
Award ceremonies were held for the winners of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Youth ICH Storytelling Contest in India, Nepal, and Korea. ICHCAP announced twenty-nine winning entries in two categories (Young Practitioners and General Youth) in December 2019. Applicants from nineteen countries...
The interesting relationship between tourism, ICH, and climate change has important economic and developmental implications (Hernandez and Ryan, 2011). Much less written or perhaps discussed, is the potential effects climatic changes have on the intangible aspects of culture. ICH, the...
"Each Language Has its Own Unique and Incomparable History" (Yalitza Aparicio, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples) While the practice and transmission of living heritage contributes to the vitality, strength, and well-being of indigenous communities, language is the principal vehicle...