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A PROCESSION THROUGH THE CITY: FESTIVAL OF THAIPUSAM IN SINGAPORESingapore as a secular, multi-cultural, and multi-religious city state has had processions as part of its socio-religious fabric since the nineteenth century. Thaipusam, observed in Singapore since the late nineteenth century/and early twentieth century, is one of the most vibrant and longest surviving festivals in Singapore’s history.Year2018NationSouth Korea
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Alpine Communities and Their Food Heritage as Intangible Cultural HeritageFrom 1990 to 2010, as an ethnologist devoted to the process of heritagemaking, I investigated Alpine communities and their strategies in facing a changing world. In an historical perspective, my eldwork has been oriented to making memories and the ways they worked as strategies of resistance in facing the many uncertainties of the future (Certeau 1990).Year2019NationSouth Korea
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BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING: ONE SOMERSAULT AT A TIMEMy name is Mousumi Chowdhury I am a female chau dancer—chau is a male-dominated form of traditional martial arts-based dance from the eastern reaches of the Indian subcontinent and, as such, there are many burdens that I bear on my shoulders.Year2019NationSouth Korea
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Tonga"1. UNESCO CONVENTIONS: \nTonga signed two of the Conventions: \n(a) 1972 World Heritage Convention in 2004; and \n(b) 2003 Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010. \n2. EDUCATION OUTCOME OBJECTIVES \nThe main objective of signing these Conventions is to preserve, maintain, support, promote, and integrate Tongan values, culture, and language into all educational programmes and activities. \nThe other reason is to improve UBE and PBE through curriculum development, which includes culture, gender, ICT, language policy, sports, technical vocational education and training skills, life skills, and lifelong learning. \n3. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2011/12 FINANCIAL YEAR \nThese are the key achievements that Tonga has attained this year: \n 2nd Sub regional network meeting held in Tonga, February 2011 Started discussions in relation to Field Survey Project with ICHCAP Completed report on Field Survey Project, January 2012 \n Completed National Cultural Policy, August 2011 Joint Project Agreement, Tonga and ICHCAP \nPhase One: October to December 2011 \n Held a personnel exchange programme with ICHCAP, October 2011 \n Signed Agreement in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 12 October 2011; \n Established National Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee to be in-charge of the ICH activities under this Joint Agreement Project; "Year2012NationTonga
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THE HAND NET FISHERY SYSTEM FOR GATHERING MARSH CLAM IN SEOM JINGANG RIVER: A CASE OF KOREA IMPORTANT FISHERIES HERITAGE SYSTEMSLocated in the midwestern part of the Korean Peninsula’s southern region, the Seomjingang River is the fourth largest river in the Republic of Korea. The basin area totals 4,896.5㎢, and the river is 212.3km long. \nGeographically, the river basin features the Sobaek and Jiri mountain ranges that stretch towards the southeast. As such, the region is replete with tall mountains and peaks. Historically, the Seomjingang River has served as a border between the Gyeongsang and Jeolla regions. Ecologically, the river has been home to diverse fauna and flora, including endangered species and state-designated.Year2020NationSouth Korea
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Enrich, Include, and Empower: Living HeritageEnrichment, inclusion and empowerment. Why these concepts and why in that order? Are they, next to “sustainable development” of course, the key concepts for the 2020s in heritage policy and practice? Do these concepts already appear in the universe of the Blue Book, the nickname of the Basic Texts of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2018 Edition? This set of texts includes among others the 2003 UNESCO Convention text itself, the most recent version of the Operational Directives (ODs) approved by the General Assembly, the 12 Ethical Principles and the new Overall Results (Based) Framework/ORF (2018).1)\nThe word “empowerment” cannot yet be found but the verb “empower” is used twice: OD130 and OD133. Two times to empower the Director General of UNESCO so she can authorize the use of the emblem of the 2003 Convention. \nThe word “enrichment” cannot yet be found but the verb “enrich” is used twice: in the preamble of the 2003 UNESCO Convention. First in the statement that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals (CGIs), play an important role in (safeguarding) intangible cultural heritage “thus helping to enrich cultural diversity and human creativity”. Then in a statement that international agreements concerning heritage “need to be effectively enriched and supplemented by means of new provisions relating to the intangible cultural heritage.”\nThe word “inclusion” is used twice. Once in the Rule of Procedure (22.4) in a warning/request to delegates of State Parties or observers not to advocate for granting financial assistance or the inclusion onYear2019NationSouth Korea
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Adapting Ancient ICH for New SituationsIn the past decades, the world has seen unprecedented migration of people from rural communities to urban centres. According to the UN, “the urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 751 million in 1950 to 4.2 billion in 2018.” Today, 55% of the world’s population is reported to live in urban areas, and this is expected to increase to 68% by 2050.1) Such migration is particularly intense in the less developed countries, which make the majority of global population, and the rate of urbanisation is highest in Asia.\nIn spite of its historic isolation and renown for conservation of its traditional way of life, Bhutan is no exception to the process of urbanisation. On the contrary, it stands out as a striking example of urban growth. Just over half a century ago, there was not a single town in Bhutan. The country was entirely made up of villages. Even Thimphu, the nation’s capital for nearly four centuries, was a valley of a few scattered villages and the dzong fortress, which housed the government and monastic headquarters. Over 99% of the built environment we see today in the growing metropolis of Thimphu was built after 1960s. The picture of Thimphu taken in 1963 shows the valley of open rice fields, which have today become a concrete jungle. The picture of south Thimphu taken at the turn of the century shows how fast the suburban areas of Thimphu have grown.Year2019NationSouth Korea
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Intangible Cultural Heritage as the Product of Collective Wisdom and Creativity that Citizens can Take Part InIntangible cultural heritage is a culmination of insight and wisdom for life. Intangible cultural heritage that has been passed down over the years affect our value systems in the present. It is also likely that this will continue in the future given a similar environment. Thus the transmission of intangible cultural heritage as the spiritual source behind tangible heritage is important. Intangible cultural heritage allows us to understand the past, find wisdom for the present, and predict the future. We can learn about the values, social consciousness and worldview that people held in the past through intangible cultural heritage. This then becomes a tool to understand the people of the present and predict the future based on the past. Thus, as the history of humanity progresses, the greater the need becomes to analyze the cultural elements accumulated in tradition. As people in modern society face the pressures of urbanization, industrialization and intense competition, intangible cultural heritage provides the spiritual comfort of a homecoming by reviving the nation’s cultural memory.Year2019NationSouth Korea
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Session 1. Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific RegionThis Webinar Series begins with an assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on intangible cultural heritage (ICH), considerably identifying the possible roles ICH might take in critical times. As the pandemic has been disrupting many forms of cultural practices, the effects of which worsen the vulnerability of the stewards of heritage, the first session intends to hold a discussion toward innovative solutions for ICH safeguarding and transmission during a time of global crisis and social unrest.Year2020NationSouth Korea
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EMPOWERING AND STRENGTHENING RURAL COMMUNITIESAJIYER Fair Trade Ltd. began working as a social business enterprise for the betterment of Bangladesh communities in 2002. It aims to strengthen the livelihood of rural agricultural practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans; empower women and children; revive cultural heritage; and ensure food and nutritional security.Year2017NationSouth Korea
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Challenges and Perspectives in Safeguarding Endangered Intangible Cultural Heritage in Developing CountriesThis presentation basically focuses on two themes: (1) the meaning of loss and risk in the context of cultural dynamics and (2) the possible articulation between cultural safeguarding and social development projects. I argue that the loss or abandonment of ICH elements by cultural communities does not simply point out at the impoverishment of cultural repertories, but often makes manifest social conflicts and changes which may sometimes be desired by some social agents, yet seen as undesirable by others within the same social formation. Furthermore, I believe that the safeguarding of ICH, particularly endangered social practices and traditional knowledge, can be a crucial component of social development programmes, above all in relation to education, in raising family income, as well as in strengthening senses of identity and selfesteem of minority groups.Year2012NationSouth Korea
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Project in Tonga"This report focuses on where Tonga stands in regard to the 2003 Convention in terms of achievements and challenges faced since the second sub-regional meeting that was held in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, in February 2011.\nTonga has signed two conventions—the 1972 World Heritage Convention and the 2003 Convention. There is no doubt of the benefits received from signing these two conventions. The State Parties are experiencing the same problems related to westernisation, globalisation, and migration, and we have to act professionally in trying to maintain, preserve, develop, and promote our traditional cultures; otherwise, our traditions will drift away from us, leaving nothing for the next generation. Hence, the transmission of skills from one generation to the next generation is one of the vital activities to adopt through formal, non-formal, and informal education.\nThe two main education outcome objectives that guide us in performing our tasks in the Ministry of Education, Women’s Affairs are to \n1. Preserve, maintain, support, promote, and integrate Tongan values, culture, and language into all educational programmes and activities\n2. Improve universal basic education and post basic education through curriculum development that includes culture, gender, ICT, language policy, sports, technical vocational education and training skills, life skills, and life- long learning\nThese are the activities that have been done or are being undertaken during the 2011 and 2012 financial year in relation to implementing the 2003 Convention at the national level:\n• Second Sub – regional network meeting held in Tonga, February 2011;\n• Initial discussion related to the field survey project with ICHCAP\n• Completed National Cultural Policy, August 2011\n• Signed Joint Project Agreement between Tonga and ICHCAP, October 2011\n• Completed Phase One of the Joint Project Agreement October – December 2011"Year2012NationTonga