5-7 July: the Ninth session of the General Assembly for the 2003 Convention will be held at UNESCO Headquarters
2022-07-25
The ninth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, from Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 July 2022.
International Call: Expansion of the Global Network of Facilitators of the 2003 Convention
2022-07-25
UNESCO is launching a call for expressions of interest to expand the Global Network of Facilitators of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Final activity of a safeguarding project in Lebanon
2022-07-25
In 2017, UNESCO's regional office in Beirut launched a capacity-building project funded by the Government of Japan and implemented in collaboration with the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO.
In Belgrade, Serbia, participants in a capacity-building workshop develop safeguarding plans for living heritage
2022-07-25
The Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe, a Category 2 centre active in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), recently organized a capacity-building workshop in the Ethnographic Museum of Belgrade, Serbia, called “Developing safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage in Serbia”.
Reviving worshipping practices of sacred sites in Mongolia
2022-07-25
Key expeditions were organized in Mongolia as part of the International Assistance (IA) project ‘Supporting natural and cultural sustainability through the revitalization and transmission of the traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites in Mongolia’.
Charms and Transformations of Makgeolli, Stories on K-Traditional Alcoholic Beverages and Intangible Cultural Heritage
2022-07-25
Korea's first alcoholic beverage critic and travel writer Huh Si-myeong gave a special lecture "Charms and Transformations of Makgeolli—Huh Si-myeong's Stories on Korean Traditional Alcoholic Beverages and Intangible Cultural Heritage" on 22 June 2022 at the National Intangible Heritage Center's International Conference Hall under ICHCAP's invitation.
In Zambia, the International Assistance project to safeguard Kuyabila poetry begins
2022-07-25
Being one of the five domains of the 2003 Convention, oral traditions and expressions encompass an enormous variety of spoken forms including proverbs, riddles, tales, nursery rhymes, legends, myths, epic songs and poems, charms, prayers, chants, songs, dramatic performances and more.
Living Heritage Series Publication Launching Event Held in Paris
2022-07-25
ICHCAP and #HeritageAlive held a book launching event during the ninth session of the General Assembly for the 2003 Convention, which took place from 5 to 7 July 2022 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.
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