Deadline: 7 June 2021 UNESCO with the support of the Korean Government will hold an 8-week-long course online starting from September 2021. Targeting early to mid-career professionals from governments and civil society organizations in the ASEAN region, the training was...
The first national conservation carpentry skills competition is open to craftspeople, especially carpenters and shop drafting technicians with experience working in conservation projects to compete for the trophy presented by Her Royal Highness the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. It aims to...
The International Seminar on Animism in the Arts of Southeast Asia was held on 8 and 9 August 2019 at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine...
Tomyam kung, or spicy shrimp soup, is a typical Thai dish that became popular only 50 years ago. Tomyam kung is a hot soup made by mixing various ingredients, including herbs, in boiling water. The basic ingredients include ground cilantro...
The forty-fifth International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) World Conference 2019 will be held from 11 to 17 July 2019 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. This is the first time that the ICTM’s World Conference will come to Thailand and...
The recent 2018 inscriptions of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) on UNESCO Lists has raised again global awareness in variations of masked dance in Southeast Asia, which retell the story of Rama, the god-reincarnated king who defeats the demon king Ravana....
Derived from a Buddhist belief, the Hae Pha Khuen That Festival is centuries-old and still practiced to today. The event is a gathering of Buddhists parading in streets, carrying cloth called pha bot to wrap around the stupa that houses...
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...
From 23 to 25 October, ICHCAP held the 2018 Expert Workshop on ICH Video Production in Southeast Asia at the National Intangible Heritage Center in Jeonju, Korea. The workshop and meeting sessions were attended by twenty-three ICH and video experts...
Nuad thai or Thai Massage is a body and mind therapy, a traditional method of healing integrating the knowledge of science and art and local wisdom. Transmitted from generation to generations since the ancient times, it is still remarkably widespread...