Wualai Silversmith Village is located along Wua Lai Road, Hai Ya, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The village is well-known for handmade silver products. People in the village have been making silver goods for a hundred years, after they moved from...
‘The people are the ones that embody and own the knowledge.’ That observation, made by Benjawan Buakwan, a researcher from the College of Local Wisdom at Thailand’s Thaksin University, illustrates one key aspect of intangible cultural heritage—and how quickly ideas...
For hundreds of years, Thai people drew images of animals, Khom scripts, and mystic diagrams (yantra) on their skin, believing that these would protect them against misfortunes. Sacred tattoos, known as sak yant (sak meaning “to tap” or “to tattoo”;...
On 20 September, ICHCAP held the 2017 Expert Workshop on Video Documentation of ICH in Southeast Asia in George Town located in the Malaysian state of Penang. Since 2015, ICHCAP has been implementing a project of documenting ICH in the...
The making of masks as both a form of art and a habit of doing culture is a global undertaking. Various forms, shapes, and functions of masks exist as existing cultures in the world are informed by different contexts. By...
Held in the twelfth lunar month of Thai Buddhist calendar, Salak Yom Festival is a tradition of the Yong people in the northern province of Lamphun, Thailand. It used to be a merit-making rite of passage for young Thai women...