To celebrate living heritage and mark the twentieth anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the global campaign ‘Wiki Loves Living Heritage’ has launched on Friday, 17 March from 2.00 to 3.30 pm CET. ‘Wiki...
Celebration of the new year is regarded as one of the preeminent holidays within cultures worldwide, and in Korean culture the festivities of the first month of the lunar year hold great significance. One such festivity is Jeongwol Daeboreum, which...
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) welcomes applications for the 2023 ICH Associate Expert Program. The key objective of this program is to support a person...
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Silk Roads Living Heritage Network (SRLHN) webpage within the homepage of the Network’s Secretariat – ICHCAP. The necessity of the webpage development has been brought up during the discussions at the...
ICHCAP holds the 'ichLinks Webinar' online on Thursday, March 30, 2023, 14:00-16:00(KST), in collaboration with the National Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The webinar will focus on "Intangible Cultural Heritage Archiving Practices and Trends". In...
Recruitment for entries for the thirteenth International Ceramics Festival Mino will be held from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024. What is the International Ceramics Festival MINO? The International Ceramics Festival MINO, Japan is the biggest ceramics triennale in...
The Pasifika Festival is planned to be held on 18 and 19 March 2023 in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand. The Pasifika Festival is an annual celebration of the cultures of the South Pacific and is the largest festival in...
6 February 2023 How is intangible cultural heritage—or living heritage—related to sustainable development? How is it relevant for addressing today’s development challenges in areas such as health, education, gender, natural disasters, and conflict? If you are interested in finding out...
ICHCAP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the KF ASEAN Culture on 2 February to co-host the Other Faces—Korea-ASEAN Mask Exhibition. The two organizations have already promoted cooperation by co-hosting the Hwahonjijeong-Celebrating the Beauty of Marriage exhibition in 2017...
Registration is now open for the online Public Forum Asia-Europe Cultural Relations: A look ahead organised by ASEF Culture on 9 February 2023, from 5 to 6.30pm SGT, as the culminating event of the roundtable series Recalibrating the compass: What...