The first experimental music camp for young composers, Kyrgyz Kayryk, (Kyrgyz Melody in English) was held on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul in the yurt town of Beltam from 28 June to 5 July 2018. Music without Borders with the...
The Kyrgyz Shyrdagy Festival was inaugurally organized in 2010 by felt carpets producers in Kyrgyzstan, after UNESCO inscribed the traditional Kyrgyz felt carpets ala-kiyiz and shyrdak into the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The festival...
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) shapes contemporary life in many ways. Videos on how that happens in four Central Asian countries and Mongolia will be aired on TV. ICHCAP and Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) have signed a distribution agreement on fifty...
The first training workshop for young people interested in safeguarding their living heritage was held from 9 to 13 April in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The workshop had clear objectives—raise awareness among young men and women about the importance of intangible cultural...
Marking the beginning of spring, Navruz (meaning March equinox) is one of the largest traditional holidays in Central Asia. Located in the heart of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has been celebrating Navruz (Nooruz in Kyrgyz) for a long time as its...
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...
Natural environments and lifestyles in the Asia-Pacific region are changing fast amidst rapid urbanization and westernization. There are urgent needs, therefore, to safeguard and archive intangible cultural heritage (ICH) that has been transmitted for many generations in the region. Recently,...
The International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF) will hold its 48th Annual Council of Delegates Meeting in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 9 September 2017. The meeting will be held at the invitation of the...
ICHCAP and the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO will hold the eighth Central Asia Sub-regional Network Meeting on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage from 26 to 29 July in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The meeting...