Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Just what is intangible cultural heritage and why does UNESCO promote its safeguarding? You can find short answers in a 5 minutes video. You can also encounter more than 200 practices and expressions of intangible heritage already inscribed on the Lists to learn more about the richness of this heritage and the importance it plays in our lives.
Meeting for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya), the twenty-four States members of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage discussed and decided to inscribe four elements on the Urgent Safeguarding List and 47 elements on the Representative List. The Committee’s decision is closely watched around the world by communities conscious of the importance of safeguarding their heritage.
The Committee session from 15 to 19 November can be followed via webcast, and podcast is available with a delay of up to 24 hours.
Just published
UNESCO is proud to launch this much-awaited series of publications devoted to three key components of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage:
- the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding,
- the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and
- the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.
Thursday 18 November 2010
UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention :
via unesco.org
