The Heritage-sensitive Intellectual Property and Market Strategies (HIPAMS India) aims to investigate how developing ‘heritage-sensitive’ intellectual property protection strategies can give communities greater control over the commercialization of their heritage while contributing to its safeguarding and on-going viability. Intangible cultural...
On 2 December 2015, ‘Tugging Rituals and Games’ was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as a multinational nomination with the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. To mark the fifth-year anniversary...
Introduction Kamancheh could be considered one of the national and novel instruments of Persia with a long history in the Orient. Through the historical pages of Baluchistan, an instrument named ghaychak is found and is similar to ghazhak or ghazh,...
Introduction A voice that revived traditional Persian music and played a role like ferdowsi (a poet who preserved the Persian language for 900 years) in literature for the music world. A hero to the world of art who interlaced the...
Residents of Kathmandu Valley, for the first time, saw temples being closed and even barred from entering the sites due to Covid-19. Most of the festivals were cancelled, which didn't even happen even after the devastating earthquake of 2015. Only...
ICHCAP has published Traditional Martial Arts, the fourth book in the Living Heritage Series, in collaboration with the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (hereinafter “ICM”). The Living Heritage Series is...
With stupefying landscapes to explore, marked by the remnants of ancient tribes and Silk Road travelers, Kyrgyzstan is the perfect place to let one’s person and imagination roam wild. The stunning Eurasian mountain country of Kyrgyzstan is renowned for its...
Every nation has its comfort and social foods. Dishes play an influential role as a social object that interacts with people at the table. These recipes are more than just something to eat. Abgoosht or dizi is a unique, national,...
Nepal was famously referred to as “the land where there are nearly as many temples as houses and as many idols as inhabitants” by Sir William Kirkpatrick in his book Account of the mission to Nepaul in 1811 CE. This...
The culture of the Central Asian steppes expresses itself vividly in the lifestyle of traditional nomadic practices. Mongolian culture has been in practice in the nomadic life and the traditions surrounding the nomad’s home (ger). And it is present in...
