The Inai Dance is a traditional dance of Malay palaces performed during circumcision ceremonies of palace dignataries and also during wedding ceremonies. This dance has specific procedures to produce difficult finger and hand movements in a continous circular position. The dance also combines the dance movements found in Mak Yong traditional theatre, the silat martial art and acrobatic arts. The Tari Inai Dance has a special dance form that is showing off a dancer’s capability to balance the body and bend backward to pick up a paper money using the mouth.

The Inai Dance is a traditional dance of Malay palaces performed during circumcision ceremonies of palace dignataries and also during wedding ceremonies. This dance has specific procedures to produce difficult finger and hand movements in a continous circular position. The dance also combines the dance movements found in Mak Yong traditional theatre, the silat martial art and acrobatic arts. The Tari Inai Dance has a special dance form that is showing off a dancer’s capability to balance the body and bend backward to pick up a paper money using the mouth.

This report includes presentation papers and a discussion summary of the three sessions that took place during the conference. The first chapter, “What Is the Significance of the 2003 Convention,” includes papers on the historical meaning and current situation of the Convention. The second chapter, “How to Safeguard the Value of ICH,” reviews measures on how ICH can promote cultural diversity, sustainable development of humanity, and social development in developing countries. The last chapter, “How to Promote Better ICH for Sustainable Development,” includes country reports that outline the efforts each participating country has taken to promote and use ICH.

As part of the Cultural Partnership Initiative of 2016, ICHCAP invited ICH professionals from Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Tonga. Each participant researched ICH topics of interest that relate to comparative studies, sustainable development, traditional medicine, and safeguarding organizations. These reports were compiled into a bound publication and is now made available as an online download.

Present Promotional book was developed by experts of Uzbekistan in line with provision of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). The Promotional book is the output of the joint cooperation project between National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO and ICHCAP under the title of “Publishing an ICH Promotional Book in Uzbekistan”.

This publication contains papers from the 2021 World Intangible Cultural Heritage Forum held online for three days, from September 29 to October 1, 2021. The event was hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center and organized by ICHCAP.\n\nThe forum was held under the theme of “Rediscovering Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Era of Convergence and Creativity” to re-examine the creative value of intangible cultural heritage and present the possibilities by examining examples of innovation and value creation through intangible cultural heritage.