The Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Intangible cultural heritage is a source of the identity, creativity and cultural diversity of communities, and constitutes a wealth that is common to all humanity, thus contributing to its sustainable development ---Koïchiro Matsuura. This material cannot be posted online in full. It is available for consultation in our Reading Room or, when indicated, via Video on Demand (VOD)
This CDROM is part of Museum International 221-222. It contains list and excerpts of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage, as established in 2001 - 2003.
The CD-ROM also comprises a section about safeguarding cultural heritage, as well as the text of the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage
on this subject:
Views and Visions of the Intangible
Series: Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Type: Ethnographic
Extract: 2 min. Total length:
Production and personalities:
Coproducer/sponsor: UNESCO Intangible Heritage unit
Published in:
Library catalogue (UNESDOC): 135852,
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