‘Like this,’ the old woman says, raking her fingers through red lentils clouding a stream of bottled water. We’re crowded together in the kitchen of the guesthouse I am staying in—consisting of not much more than a single gas burner,...
The UNESCO Convention addresses: “Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills—that communities, groups and in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage” (Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003). As...
The project to implement ‘ichLinks,’ a digital platform covering information on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region, has begun in earnest. Seven countries—Malaysia, Mongolia, Vietnam, India, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Fiji—have been selected as the first participating countries of the project. The...
Cultural heritage had been defined and maintained centered around physical structures or tangible features. It is only recently that the focus has shifted to nonphysical and intangible values of heritage, which incorporate natural, social, and cultural elements. Roles of intangible...
At 14.COM in Bogota, the #HeritageAlive Editorial Board decided to choose traditional musical instruments as the topic for the next book. The deadline for submitting articles is 15 October 2020. The book on traditional musical instruments will be published with...