Nila International Folklore Film Festival of India

NIFFFI is an annual festival that showcases films based on or emerging from indigenous cultures and folklore from around the world. The 2nd edition of the Nila International Folklore Film Festival of India (NIFFFI) will take place on October 29...

The festival of harvest: Onam

Onam is a major harvest festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala. The 10-day Onam festival marks the onset of the first month according to the Malayalam calendar called Chingam and generally occurs in the months of August or...

Messages from Youth for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

On Thursday, September 30, ‘2021 Intangible Cultural Heritage Youth Summit’ was held in parallel to the 2021 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center and organized by the International Information & Networking Centre for...

Gai Jatra, a festival of grief and laughter

Nepal, a small landlocked country situated between two giant countries, China and India, is a multilingual, multi-cultural and multi-ethnical country. It observes innumerable feasts and festivals throughout the year. These festivals are adhered to different ethnical groups of the country....