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...
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...
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....
Every year, the 21st September marks the International Day of Peace, an occasion to discover the wide range of elements related to peacebuilding inscribed on the lists of the 2003 Convention. The 2021 theme for the International Day of Peace...
Taking the opportunity of its 10th anniversary, IRCI is holding the IRCI Researchers Forum “Progress and Challenges in the Research for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Towards a Sustainable Future -” on 29 October 2021. 1. Objectives The...
Jeonju City which established the "Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH)" took the initiative to transmit, safeguard, and promote ICH around the world as the local government. Jeonju City is a cultural hub city of Korea with...
ICM is hosting the 2021 ICM International Martial Arts Photo Contest from 10 September 2021 to 8 October 2021. The purpose of this project is to disseminate martial arts activities in our everyday lives and to spread the positive values...
The Cheongju Craft Biennale, an international exhibition event representing Cheongju and the world's first and largest event in the field of crafts, opened on September 8. This event is colored with the breath of crafts beyond the cultural production center...
The Qalishuyan is the 1,000-year-old ritual of Mashhad Ardehal is the only religious ceremony in Persia that history is according to the solar-agricultural calendar. This ritual is known as "Qali (Carpet) Friday". This is a symbolic ritual of martyrdom, the...
Nepal is a diverse country, which is reflected in the rituals, traditional festivals and practices. Even the same day is celebrated by different ethnic communities with different practices and even name it differently. One of the examples is the celebration...
