Living heritage is viable through transmission that takes place in various formats and places. Transmission of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) occurs within formal education((Formal education is education delivered in a systematic intentional way, especially within a school. Non-formal education refers...
The eighth biennial SSEASR (South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion) Conference is to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 13 to 16 June 2019. It is organized and hosted by the Center for Archaeological...
The science and art of locating and enriching cultural heritage is a set of non-linear processes that all begin with language. Language in itself is a cultural heritage thereby a deep familiarity of its creation, evolution, usage, and the contexts...
In the morning of 14 April Bangladesh ushered in Bangla New Year 1425 on Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, by bringing out Mangal Shovajatra, a UNESCO inscribed ICH element. Clad in colorful punjabis and saris, people...
ICHCAP introduces five ICH elements of South Asia through the Google Arts & Culture platform. ICHCAP signed a partnership with Google in 2016 and has showcased various Asia-Pacific ICH through online exhibitions, including high-resolution images and video clips. In 2017,...
A month-long crafts fair featuring various craft items made by artisans from different corners Bangladesh was organized at the Bangladesh Folk Art and Crafts Foundation in Sonargaon, Narayanganj. The fair was inaugurated by Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on 12...
Sixty-six years ago when Bangladesh was known as East Pakistan, on 21 February 1952, Bengali students marched in the streets of Dhaka to strongly resent the refusal of the then government of the Dominion of Pakistan (now the Islamic Republic...
The thirteenth International Conference of South Asian Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (ICOSAL-13) was held from 8 to 10 January 2018 in Mysuru, India. ICOSAL is an international forum of scholars that deliberate issues springing from various aspects of languages, cultures,...
In late 2017, ICHCAP published a collection of case studies on Asia-Pacific NGO ICH safeguarding activities. The publication is part of the project, Promoting ICH Safeguarding Activities of NGOs in the Asia-Pacific Region (Project PINA), which aims to share information...
Ten elements from the Asia-Pacific region have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, while one element from the region has been inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent...