The inaugural Living Arts Culture Festival took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9 to 11 November 2018. Organized by the National Department for Culture and Arts (JKKN), Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and co-curated by the cultural organization...
Owing to its Catholic traditions, the Philippines is perhaps one of the few countries in the world that celebrates Christmas the earliest and the longest. The country marks the Christmas holidays starting from 1 September. Shopping malls and shops will...
Loy Krathong Festival is a yearly event in Thailand on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month, usually in November. This festival has a long history dating back to the Sukhothai era and continuously maintains its popularity in...
Banglanatak dot com has been successfully mobilizing communities to celebrate their intangible cultural heritage through festivals in their villages. The festivals create new contexts for performance and showcasing. Awareness is created among neighboring communities. Students and tourists also visit and...
A showcase of Hong Kong culture based on diverse intangible cultural heritage, the fourth Hong Kong Culture Festival started its big run last month. The festival will be in place until next February across the city, in places such as...
September marks the celebration of one of the most famous and oldest festivals in the Philippines, the Peñafrancia where thousands of people flock to Naga City and show their fervent devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the patroness of Naga...
Cultural exchange promotes cultural diversity and contributes to cultural sustainability. This was the key learning from the Communities Connecting Heritage (CCH) program supported by the US Department of State and administered by World Learning. Learning Together for a Brighter Future...
The fifth edition of International Intangible Heritage Film Festival (IIFF) will be held from 6 to 9 September in Jeonju, Korea. The IIFF is the only Asian film festival that focuses on intangible heritage. Grounded on the slogan, “Dreams Made...
The seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as a month in which the gates of heaven and hell are opened so that ghosts and spirits, including deceased ancestors, can come back to visit the living in China and...
The Newar community of Nepal celebrates a festival known as Sa Paru (Procession of Cows or Festival of Cows) every year on the first day of the waning moon of Bhadra (between August and September). It fell on 27 August...
