Daksha | Crafting Voices - Celebrating living heritage of eastern India

Daksha:Crafting Voices is being organised at The Kunj, New Delhi, by Contact Base (www.banglanatak.com) in collaboration with the Development Commissioner (Handicraft), Government of India. The exhibition will be held from June 9–21, 2026, at The Kunj, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.DAKSHA highlights processes of experimentation and co-creation, positioning rural artisans as creative collaborators and knowledge holders while reimagining craft as a living, adaptive contemporary practice.The exhibition features Sabai, Kashi grass, bamboo, Seraikela Chhau and Wooden masks, Kantha embroidery, Patachitra, and terracotta traditions from West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand in eastern India. It highlights their material intelligence, ecological relevance, and evolving design vocabulary for contemporary spaces and lifestyles. At its core, the exhibition seeks to reposition craft as a contemporary, collaborative, and future-facing practice. Alongside the exhibition, DAKSHA is hosting talks, workshops, round tables, and demonstra

Traditonal Korean Performance captured through immersive digital content- Jeokbyeokga by Yun Jin-cheol

This service is the result of a collaboration between the Center for Intangible Culture Studies (CICS) and Korea Electronics Technology Institue (KETI) to carry out <3D performances of traditional Korean heritage performances and development of XR service platform technology>. This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea. The research aims to provide immersive content for traditional performances through high-quality digital data archiving, based on performances in the field, creating 3D performance and XR service platform technology development for the preservation of the original form of traditional performances and the creation of new non-face-to-face inventory services. The key elements of this research are 1) multi-sensor-based high-quality 3D data acquisition device for performers, 2) AI-based performance site high-quality 3D performance generation system, 3) digital archiving-based interactive XR service platform, which digitizes all performance elements of tr

Seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

The seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat (Sofitel Rabat Jardin des Roses) from 28 November to 3 December 2022. H.E. Mr Samir Addahre, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of Morocco to UNESCO, will chair this annual gathering which will be attended by representatives of States Parties, non-governmental organizations, cultural institutions and other stakeholders from across the globe. Participants are invited to register as soon as possible and in any case before 14 November 2022. General information for this session will be published on this webpage. An information and exchange meeting was held on 4 October 2022 at UNESCO Headquarters. The working documents of the meeting will be published on this webpage by 31 October 2022.

The 2022 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (2022 JIAPICH)

As planned this year, the 2022 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (2022 JIAPICH) went successfully. The 2022 JIAPICH Award Ceremony, organized by the Center for Intangible Culture Studies (CICS), ended successfully on October 19. The winners were the Ms Anka Raik from Bosnia Herzegovina, The Ifugao Museum in the Philippines and The Serfenta Association in Poland. The Winners, intangible heritage Experts, and the general public gathered together at the Korean National Center for Intangible Heritage in Jeonju to share the value of intangible heritage. The video of the award ceremony will be uploaded to the YouTube channel Intangible Cultural Research Institute. https://www.youtube.com/c/CICSinKorea/featured

CICS Interview Series

The Center for Intangible Culture Studies in Korea's YouTube channel provides contents that are both educational and inspiring to those in the field of heritage studies. The CICS Interview Series was started in 2021 with the idea around recording ICH experts around the world that can be informative to those in research, academia, and with interest in the field of ICH. The latest interviewee is Professor Laurier Turgeon of Lavar University in Quebec, Canada, who is also the president of the steering committee of the 2022 ICH NGO Forum. Check out the interview through YouTube link below! CICS Interview Series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHx4_DBXCKo&t=1574s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHx4_DBXCKo&t=1574s</a>

2021 Jeonju ICH Awards

Watch the 2021 Jeonju ICH Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLNij99bBI&t=1320s Watch the 2021 Jeonju ICH Zoom Festival:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7lM8VCY4zU&t=289s

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE for Sustainable Management of HISTORIC TOWNS in South Asia: Theory to Practice

ICOMOS India is orgaising an e-SYMPOSIUM on INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE for Sustainable Management of HISTORIC TOWNS in South Asia: Theory to Practice. Spaced across 5 events from May-July2021: experts and emerging professionals from Bangladesh: Bhutan: India: Nepal: Pakistan and Sri Lanka will exchange knowledge and practices. For more details: you may see the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr3tIY76JQA. Please register in advance for this webinar series/event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcuusqTwvE9GcAUZWGeuE-zrSFgVvGbCz

Baul Fakir Mela in New Delhi on 9th-10th November, 2019

Nearly 200 Baul-Fakiri songs: Bengali Qawaali and Dhamail songs were sung by a whopping community of 60 Baul-Fakir musicians from Bengal before around 1500 people: if not more: at the Meghdoot Open Air Theater Auditorium of Sangeet Natak Academy: New Delhi: over a span of 13 hours across 2 days. Around 70% of the audience: meaning: more than 1000 of the audience were from the diaspora Bengali community of New Delhi. Again: the fact that more than 500 among the attendees were from the non-Bengali communities residing in and around Delhi was: in itself: no mean feat!

Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

The Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage aims to recognize good safeguarding practices of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and to encourage the proliferation of values of ICH such as social cohesion: cooperation: and cultural diversity for the future development of the global community. The awards are given to individuals: groups: institutions: NGOs: and those who have made substantial contributions to promoting ICH. Jeonju City is happy to made an opportunity to praise their commitments and indomitable spirit for the safeguarding of ICH. Taking the first step in 2019: Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH hopes to become sustainable with prestige gaining a great deal of attention from the world. A) SignificanceThe Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH are international awards established by Jeonju: a city of traditional culture. The local government: Jeonju City: took the initiative to transmit: safeguard: and promote ICH around the world. Jeonju is a cultu

Outdoor Events at the Jeonju International Awards

Exhibition & Hands-on Experience of ICH -Patachitra exhibition-Hapjukseon (Fan making)-Jihwa (paper Flower)-Jeonju Yiyangju (Folk Liquor)-Hanji paper photo exhibition-Jeonju future cultural heritage exhibition

The First Jeonju International Awards

Congratulations to the winners! Winners are Contact Base from India: Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador of Canada and Professor Ahmed Skounti of Morocco.

Green Ivory - An Exhibition on Shola Craft of Bengal

The project ‘Revival of Shola Craft Tradition of Bengal’ implemented by banglanatak dot com supported by The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Kolkata; is an attempt to revitalize the traditional art of Shola of Bengal.Shola (Aeschynomene aspera) is a milky white: delicate spongy plant found in the marshlands of Bengal. The pith of the reeds of the plant is used to make items of decoration. This exhibition Green Ivory is an attempt to showcase the variations that the craft offers and create a platform for discussing how the craft can be taken forward. The varieties of unexplored ritualistic: decorative and contemporary products of Shola will be showcased during the exhibition.

Green Ivory

The project Revival of Shola Craft Tradition of Bengal by banglanatak dot com supported by The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Kolkata; is an attempt to revitalize the symbolic abstraction of emotion using Shola. Shola is a milky white: delicate spongy plant mostly found in marshy lands of West Bengal: India. Exhibition Green Ivory is a part of the above mentioned project which will be held between 17 July and 19 July: 2019 at Bengal Art Gallery: International Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR): Kolkata in India. The varieties of unexplored ritualistic: decorative and contemporary products of Shola will be showcased by the rural artists of West Bengal: India.

Announcement of the 2019 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

We express our sincere gratitude to all applicants for the 2019 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage. We recognize and deeply appreciate what you and your organizations have achieved with respect to the safeguarding and revitalization of ICH. The selection process was very challenging as all applicants demonstrated good practices for the safeguarding ICH with courage and lofty spirit. Only three applicants (individuals and organizations) were selected as finalists from forty-eight applicants from 36 countries on six continents. Jeonju City announces the following three finalist candidates for public verification as the final process for the 2019 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage. The finalist candidates can be found on the following link:http://www.cics.center/jiapich_Announcement/

2nd Jeonju-ChiangMai International Conference on Traditional Culture

This international conference is organized in order to exchange the knowledge of intangible cultural heritage between Jeonbuk National University of Jeonju and Chiang Mai University. The first conference was held in the city of Chiang Mai on August: 2018 hosted by the Chiang Mai Creative City of Crafts and Folk Arts (CCMCCFA): the UNESCO Creative City of Chiang Mai.

The 5th Workshop of UNESCO accredited NGO Association in Korea

The four UNESCO accredited NGOs(IMACO: WoMAU: CICS: KCHF of Korea are now having a workshop in Andong city: Republic of Korea.

National inventory: places, rituals, practices

Aigine Curltural Research Center (Kyrgyzstan) continues the inventory of sacred sites and related practices under the project " Safeguarding of Practices and Rare Rituals Related to Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan: Preparation of an Inventory and Safeguarding Measures."At this stage: desk researches are conducted on the basis of the organization’s previous field materials. The purpose of this researches is to compile national lists of sacred places: practices and rituals performed on places of pilgrimage. In the course of the desk researches: the lists of sacred sites are clarified and the rituals of each region are described. Interviews are also held with spiritual practitioners. Interviews are held in the format of real and online meetings: telephone conversations. The stage of desk research precedes the work with regional teams.On 20 February 2019: Aigine CRC conducted a preliminary workshop in the framework of the project.The main goal of the workshop was to discuss ways and patterns of inventorying rituals an

2018 World Forum for ICH "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Peace"

The 2018 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage themed with Intangible Cultural Heritage and Peace was finished successfully thanks to enthusiasm and active involvement of all the participants: and the great help and efforts of all the volunteers and staff members of the CICS: the secretariat. It was held at the Intangible Heritage Center in Jeonju city for three days from October 25 to 27. The forum opened grandly with the keynote speech titled 'Intangible Cultural Heritage and Peace-making' by Marielza Oliveira: Director of UNESCO Beijing Office. Welcome performances: especially Jeollabuk-do Children's Korean Traditional Music Orchestra thrilled the audience the most.Also H.E. Amin Muhammad Dalhatu: embassador of Nigeria in Seoul: attended the open ceremony and congratulated the forum. All the interest showing from distinguished guests including Mayor of Jeonju city: representatives of other organizations: and experts working in the field of ICH led the forum to the successful event as well. The prais

Jeonju Declaration on "Intangible Cultural Heritage, a Resource for the City of Today and Tomorrow."

Jeonju Declaration on "Intangible Cultural Heritage: a Resource for the City of Today and Tomorrow"- Adopted in Jeonju: Republic of Korea: Oct. 28: 2017We: the participants of the 2017 World Intangible Cultural Heritage Forum (hereinafter referred to as the "Forum") express our sincere gratitude to the officials of Jeonju City: the National Intangible Heritage Center of Korea and the Center for Intangible Culture Studies (Jeonju). In particular: we are thankful for the possibility of holding in-depth discussions under the auspices of Mayor Kim Seung-soo and the Director Cho Hyun Jung of the National Intangible Heritage Center. The importance of intangible cultural heritage in cities is becoming increasingly apparent. According to the spirit of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and in light of the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030: the significance of intangible cultural heritage and its safeguarding cannot be underestimated. In particular: we recogn

The 3rd Workshop of UNESCO Accredited NGO Association, Korea [UANAK]

The 3rd Workshop of UNESCO Accredited NGO Association: Korea [UANAK] The five UNESCO accredited NGOs in Korea gathered in Chungju for a workshop to share information and strengthen networks organized by WoMAU (World Martial Arts Union) on February 22: 2018. Due to the Pyeonchang Winter Olympic Games: the related organizations became very busy and many of them could not participate in the workshop.Each organization reported its activities throughout the year 2017 and had an apportunity to share its initiatives and knowledge. All seemed different but verified the common goal of safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage. They made sure to keep up the good work to build up capacities of the regional NGOs. They all agreed to take a good advantage of the web-board (ichngo.net): for activating networks: that CICS (Center for Intangible Culture Studies)has launched. The web-board is now being launched as a Beta version and being tested. It is believed that it would be a promising to boost networks both in accre