Ceremonial cloth known as tais (traditional handcraft) has been woven in Timor-Leste for generations. Weaving traditions are considered key social functions for strengthening familial bonds. Textiles handcrafts are an invaluable expression of traditional knowledge and East Timorese culture. The designs...
Cambodian Living Arts plan to held the Storytelling Workshop, which will be held from 17 to 22 February 2020 in collaboration with EX-THEATRE ASIA/EX-亞洲劇團. This workshop will focus on the technical aspect of structuring an historical story, contemporary or imaginary, for...
The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Korea hosted the presentation ceremony of selected poems by Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh on 7 January 2020 at the Lotte Seoul Hotel (2F, Emerald Room). Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh was a much respected Azerbaijani poet and...
The Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage funded by the City of Jeonju is to encourage safeguarding practice of ICH in the global community regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, race, age, gender, or any other political, social, economic,...
The Cultural Heritage Administration selected 'mask dance of Korea' as its 2020 nomination for UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during a joint meeting of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee and the World Heritage Division of...
A project to revive kalyak - the traditional female headdress, by involving the local community of Chon-Alay region, Osh province (Kyrgyzstan) to document and popularize, is being implemented by voluntary association “Uz Datkalar”, with the support of the Institute for...
When the festive activities of Lunar July ends, it is the beginning of “Tết Trung thu” (or “the Mid-Autumn festival”). It usually falls out on the 15th day of Lunar August when the weather turns a little cooler after the...
The second edition of the Living Arts Cultural Festival took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 15th – 17th November 2019 with more than 135 performers representing seven (7) international cultural traditions and ten (10) Malaysian cultural traditions. Organized...
Singapore launched its first Stewards of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Award on 30 October 2019. The award aims to recognise ICH practitioners and groups who have made significant contributions in their respective fields, and are dedicated to the promotion and...
Tourism centered on an experience with heritage is the largest, most pervasive, and fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry today, which particularly in the developing world is perceived as a means to address pressing problems related to poverty (UNWTO,...