ICHCAP recently published new translations of two brochures in the kit of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage so States Party can better understand ICH from a global perspective. The new translations are in Bengali,...
Brochures on the ICH policies of UNESCO have been published in additional languages as part of an ICHCAP-supported project. The brochures, “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development” and “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Gender,” have been recently translated into seven languages—Bhutani,...
Jeju is a volcanic island filled with stones. Previous eruptions have produced volcanic bombs (large volcanic rocks) scattered around, covering the whole island. This is why it is difficult to cultivate crops in Jeju. Since the thirteenth century, the people...
ICHCAP co-published two brochures in five Asia-Pacific languages—Russian, Bahasa Malaysian, Mongolian, Uzbek, and Tongan—so States Party can better understand ICH from a global perspective. The two brochures, one on the relationship between ICH and sustainable development and the other on...
An exhibition of beldemchi was launched at the Gapar Aitiev Fine Arts Museum in Bishkek on 7 June 2017. The exhibition is still ongoing through the partnership of the Kiyiz Duino Foundation and the Gapar Aitiev Fine Arts Museum, an...
Two festivals of ak-elechek (or elechek) took place in Kyrgyzstan in March 2017. One of them was held at the national scale; one thousand women from all provinces wearing ak-elechek participated in the event in the nation’s capital, Bishkek. The...