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The UNESCO ICHCAP (Director-General Ji Sung Kim) will hold the 2022 ICH Youth Forum on September 22, 2022 (17:00 to 19:00 KST). The forum invites youth activists and researchers who are active across various areas pertaining to the safeguarding of...
Hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center (Director Kyunghoon Yi) under the Cultural Heritage Administration and organized by UNESCO ICHCAP (Director-General Ji Sung Kim), the 2022 ICH World Forum will be gathering together global experts in one place online from...
Igal is a fast but gentle dance that is shared by the Sama people of Tawi-Tawi Island, located in the southernmost part of the Philippines, and the people of the western provinces of Mindanao. Igal is called Pangalay in Tausug...
The Moriones Festival is a Lenten tradition held annually on the holy week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. In the 16th century, Spanish missionaries brought the Roman Catholic faith to the Philippines, and since then, Christian beliefs, rituals, practices,...
In the Philippines, each indigenous group has a weaving tradition using different plant fibers. Among them, in the Aklan region in the central Philippines, weaving craft using unique materials has been handed down since ancient times. It is Piña weaving...
Loy kratong is one of the representative festivals held throughout Thailand. An event is held every year on the day of the full moon in December of the lunar calendar, and a ceremony is held to honor the river (and...
Kan is a traditional Thai Reed Mouth Organ originating from the Isan region in the northeastern part of Thailand. According to legend, a hunter in Isan heard the sound of a bird called Korawick in the forest and went down...
Fruit and vegetable carving is one of the remarkable traditional craft techniques in Thailand. According to the literature, the fruit carving tradition began during the ancient Sukhothai period. However, the renaissance of this craft was the Rattanakosin era as part...
ICHCAP (hereinafter the center) held a briefing session for distribution of the ichLinks Archive Package through an online video conference from 2pm to 4pm Korean time on Thursday, March 17, 2022. Forty-five organizations, ICH experts and data experts from ichLink's...
ICH Courier Online (https://ichcourier.unesco-ichcap.org) ICHCAP (Director-General Gi Hyung Keum) has completely renewed ICH Courier Online, and will introduce it to the subscribers around the world from March. The ICH Courier is a quarterly magazine specializing in the field of ICH...