#intangible cultural heritage

Collection of intangible cultural heritage news, found 146 news.

Indonesia asked to use ICH convention to support cultural diplomacy

Indonesia must take advantage of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Convention 2003 to support its cultural ...

Yucheng Deyuan charcoal carving, an intangible cultural heritage of Shandong Province

Yucheng, named after Yu the Great who succeeded in flood taming, is the birthplace of Chinese farming civilization and ...

Yanggu wood carving: Carving everything on good wood, seeing all life in small space

Wood carving is an important part of the traditional Chinese carving art. Yanggu County, Liaocheng City, Shandong ...

Central Java: Intangible heritage status for 16 more cultural works

Sixteen additional cultural works from Central Java have been designated as national intangible cultural heritage this ...

Pencak silat festival held to nurture Indonesia's cultural heritage

The Betawi Traditional Pencak Silat Association (Astrabi) held the annual pencak silat martial arts festival bearing ...

Pontianak holds Benua Melayu Laut arts, cultural festival

The Pontianak city government, West Kalimantan Province, has organized the Malay arts and cultural festival ...

Wastraprema displays 138 rare woven fabrics at Jakarta Textile Museum

The Association of Indonesian Traditional Textile Admirers (Wastraprema) showcased 138 rare woven fabrics and other ...

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore join Malay Festival in Batam, Riau Islands

Three neighboring countries, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, and Singapore, have confirmed their participation in the ...

Myriad ingenuities of the Asmat people

Everyone highlights the mastery of woodcarving among the Asmat People, a native of Papua, and it is believed that they ...

Lingao, hometown of Chinese folk arts, glitters on Culture and Natural Heritage Day

- June 11 witnessed China's "Culture and Natural Heritage Day". On that day, Lingao County, located in western Hainan ...

Hainan to host 160+ events to celebrate China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day

- With the upcoming Cultural and Natural Heritage Day taking place on June 11, the southernmost province of China, ...

Preserve Tirta Empul Temple as cultural heritage: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited Tirta Empul Temple, Manukaya village, Gianyar district, Bali province, on ...

KSP's meeting to resolve UNESCO cultural heritage inclusion dispute

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) held a coordination meeting to resolve the dispute between contending cultural ...

Reog Ponorogo: KSP to oversee intangible cultural heritage bid

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) will oversee the process of proposing Reog Ponorogo art as Indonesia's ...

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Gotong royong: Indonesia's gift to global community

Indonesia has a host of unique cultural values, of which gotong royong, or collaboration, is a prime example. This ...