The wide construction of heritage and its symbolic value in the Asia-Pacific region (“wide” in terms of form and content) is made necessary and complex by the intervention of key global organizations such as UNESCO, the International Centre for the...
In its sixteenth year, the Auckland Diwali Festival will be held on 14 and 15 October 2017 at Aotea Square and Queen Street. Diwali or Deepavali (literally “row of lamps”) is an ancient and important Indian festival known colloquially as...
Durga Puja sits at the core of Bengali identity in India. It is also the biggest annual festival in the Indian state of West Bengal. Held in autumn, between September and October, Durga Puja is essentially a Hindu religious event,...
Reposted from Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority with permission. The Goroka Show is a significant cultural event in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The longest running annual cultural festival in Papua New Guinea drawing thousands of...
Kalika is a Hindu goddess. Also known as Ambav and Gauri, she is a symbol of energy and female power for which she is worshiped by Bhil tribe of Mewar in a forty-day ritual called Gavari. The timeless, spiritually-motivated, and...
Hindu Nepali women celebrate a huge festival—one of the biggest occasions in Nepal—known as teej. It takes place on the third day of Shuklapaksha in Bhadra (normally in August or early September). The mythical explanation of teej purports that Hamalay’s...
Held in the twelfth lunar month of Thai Buddhist calendar, Salak Yom Festival is a tradition of the Yong people in the northern province of Lamphun, Thailand. It used to be a merit-making rite of passage for young Thai women...
The 2017 Cheongju Craft Biennale will be held from 13 September to 22 October 2017 (40 days) at the Old Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant. This year’s theme is “Hands+ embrace,” which means creating something more than crafts with hands (Hands+)...
The 2017 Migrants’ Arirang Multicultural Festival (MAMF) will be held from 29 September to 1 October at Yongji Culture Park and Sungsan Art Hall in Changwon, Korea. The MAMF has been held each year since 2005 to become the largest...
International Intangible Heritage Film Festival (IIFF) 2017 is held from 31 August to 3 September at the National Intangible Heritage Center in Jeonju, Korea. The 4th IIFF is screening 31 films from 15 countries. This year’s festival is capitalizing its...