For the 10th anniversary of the Convention, Cueim and the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies set up a research group, presided over by Gaetano Golinelli, professor emeritus at La Sapienza University of Rome, and coordinated by professor Pier Luigi Petrillo. The group is composed by experts of the following countries: Italy, Albania, Brasil, Burkina Faso, Japan, Spain, Republic of Korea, Mexico and Jordan.
The research will focus on the implementation of the measures for safeguarding at a national level the intangible cultural heritage, as defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The outcome of the research group will be a publication where will be compared the legal systems and the experiences on safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage in the different countries, ten years after the adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Read more

La Dirección de Patrimonio del Ministerio de Cultura realiza esta exposición en el marco de la celebración del cuadragésimo aniversario de la Convención sobre la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial Cultural y Natural, de 1972, y del décimo aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial, de 2003.

Quince sitios y manifestaciones culturales de Colombia han sido reconocidos como patrimonio. Siete de ellos, en su condición de bienes materiales, han sido inscritos como Patrimonio Mundial. Los otros siete están incluidos en la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad. El conjunto de estos lugares y manifestaciones dan cuenta de la enorme riqueza y diversidad cultural y natural de nuestro país. Read more

La Fiesta de la Mare de Déu de la Salut de Algemesí es una manifestación cultural y religiosa viva asociada a significados colectivos compartidos y con raigambre en toda la comunidad algemesinense. La nota más relevante es la gran participación e implicación popular a través del tejido asociativo que requieren los rituales, en los que participan gente de todas las generaciones, abuelos, padres e hijos.

Todas las generaciones, desde los más pequeños, en edad preescolar, participan en los rituales que se celebran con periodicidad anual cada 7 y 8 de septiembre.
Con motivo del 10º Aniversario de la Convención, El Museo y el Ayuntamiento, en colaboración con el Patronato de la Festa ha preparado una serie de talleres informativos, para destinados a:

• Preescolar y Enseñanza Primaria: cuentacuentos, audiovisual y talleres.
  
• ESO, Bachiller, FP y Educación Superior: Conferencias y visita al Museo.
  

Los talleres y las conferencias están enfocados para sensibilizar a los jóvenes en la importancia de nuestro patrimonio inmaterial más inmediato: “La Fiesta de la Mare de Déu de la Salut”, las repercusiones de su inclusión en la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio Inmaterial de la Unesco Read more

Exposición fotográfica de 50 instantáneas de la celebración de la Fiesta de la Mare de Déu de la Salut, realizada por la asociación “Fotoaficionats Algemesí” durante las celebraciones de septiembre de 2011 y 2012, en colaboración con el Museu de la Festa, el Ayuntamiento, el Patronat de la Festa y la Generalitat Valenciana.
La Exposición fue inaugurada en el Comité de las Regiones de Europa en Bruselas y expuesta posteriormente en el Instituto Cervantes de la capital de Bélgica y en la ciudad de Onteniente (Valencia). Una parte de la misma fue presentada en la ciudad coreana de Gangneung en octubre de 2012.
En la muestra se proyecta el audiovisual de presentación de la celebración incluido en el dossier presentado ante la UNESCO.
La muestra se expondrá próximamente en el Museo de la Fiesta de Algemesí del 9 al 10 de junio y en el Monasterio de la Valldigna (Simat de Valldigna, Valencia) del 14 de junio al 30 de Julio, en colaboración con el Centro Unesco de Valencia.
La muestra está a disposición de las instituciones que la soliciten y se presenta en valenciano, castellano, francés e inglés. Read more

The activity calls attention to the 10th year anniversary of the ICH Convention and also Arts Education Week of UNESCO in May.

The project has 3 stages:
1) In December 2012 information day and practical training for the art teachers was organized (37 schools all over Estonia participated). The teachers received information about ICH, some inspiration about how to study it with children and practical training about the tools of contemporary art in a classroom.
2) The pupils aged 14-19 made research into the ICH of their own home region. They presented the findings to schoolmates together with an idea of how they intend to interpret this knowledge for their future artwork that was to be realized with the tools of contemporary art. Each school selects one piece of art to send to the national exhibition and makes a local exhibition of other works.

3) On 24 May the exhibition will be opened in Viljandi Art Gallery. The authors and teachers will put up their works, participate in the ICH workshops and concert and enjoy the festive opening of the exhibition. Later the exhibition can be seen in the capital city of Tallinn and in the web www.unesco.ee/galerii

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How can Arab States effectively implement the 2003 Convention at the national level? What can be done to promote regional cooperation in the Arab world to strengthen the capacities of all concerned stakeholders? What are the best ways to raise people’s awareness and assure the involvement of concerned communities in the process of safeguarding? These were amongst the issues that representatives of Ministries of Culture of 18 countries from the Arab region discused during a meeting on ‘The challenges of capacity building in the field of intangible cultural heritage’ in Doha from 14 to 17 January 2013, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Convention. Generously supported by Qatar and co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage of Qatar, ALECSO and UNESCO, this meeting was the occasion to plan increased cooperation within the region for the effective safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage. Read more

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage this international workshop – organised within the transboundary cooperation project Italy Switzerland 2007-2013 “E.CH.I. – Italian Swiss Ethnographies for the Enhancement of Intangible Cultural Heritage” – aims at a better understanding and comparison of good practices in the transmission of intangible cultural heritage and the dissemination of proven strategies in different European and international contexts. The event also intends to provide an occasion for debate and for the exchange of experiences among NGOs and cultural institutions engaged in the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. To ensure the safeguarding, development and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage present in its transnational territories, the workshop also promotes the “Intangible Search Inventory” managed by Lombardy Region in collaboration with national and international territorial partners and communities, as a pilot experience inside Alpine Area. Intangible Search is constantly updated and implemented by researchers, local communities, groups and individuals. http://www.intangiblesearch.eu Read more

La publicacion del Centro UNESCO de San Sebastián, en el marco del 10º aniversario de la Convención, presenta las tradiciones, expresiones orales y las praticas sociales de un pequeño barrio de la ciudad de Eibar, muy antiguo (450 años) de la provincia de Gipuzkoa, a 60 kilometros de San Sebastián : « Aginaga de Eibar ». El libro nos muestra como sus habitantes reconocen un patrimonio histórico que conservan, que se transmite de generación en generación, con un sentimiento de identidad que contribuye a promover el respeto por la historia. Read more

What is the Mediterranean Diet? The exhibition will answer this question showing its multiple dimensions: the concept of cultural space and ancient Mediterranean lifestyle, an intangible cultural heritage passed on from generation to generation and their social and religious aspects, the sacred foods and their symbologies, products from the sea and from the land that support a diet of excellence recognized by the WHO - World Health Organization.

The central focus will be the territory and the multiple heritages of Tavira, the testimonies of the presence of ancient civilizations, cultural landscapes and the products of the Ria Formosa, the productions of the crags and mountains, the festivities and cultural practices that inspired the choice of Tavira in Portugal as a representative community on the Application of the Mediterranean Diet as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity presented in March 2012 at UNESCO Headquarters.
Films produced under the Transnational Application will be screened and a kitchen space will be recreated for information and experimentation activities, learning of food preparation and confection and culinary traditions. Read more

Germany will accede to the Convention in the year of the 10th anniversary of the Convention. On that occassion, the German Commission for UNESCO has relaesed a publication with the official German-language versions of the ICH Convention and the Operation Directives as well as facts & figures on the 2003 Convention. Read more

The International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice (ICEFA Lidice) was established in 1967 to commemorate the child victims from the Czech village of Lidice murdered by German Nazis, as well as all other children who have died in wars. Although national initially, this exhibition became an international one in 1973. In recent years, more than 25,000 very good works of art have come regularly by children from 60 - 70 countries. The year 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of a global convention protecting folk art, crafts, ceremonies and traditional knowledge – the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. At the occasion of the anniversary of this extraordinary convention, the 41st edition of the exhibition is dedicated to the theme “Traditions and heritage of my country’s people” which includes the following topics: “Traditional clothing in my country”, “Beautiful things made by craftsmen in my country”, “Village dances”, “Village wedding”, “Folk legends of my country – What are they about?”, “Folk customs, ceremonies and traditions in the course of the year”. The main exhibition of children’s works will be displayed at the Lidice Gallery on 30 May – 31 October 2013. The medals will be awarded to the winners at the opening ceremony on 29 May 2013. Read more

La programmation de cette 17e édition célèbre le 10e anniversaire de la convention de l’UNESCO pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel.

Du 20 mars au 29 juin 2013, le Festival de l’Imaginaire invite à la découverte de la diversité des expressions des peuples et civilisations du monde d’aujourd’hui ; expressions qui sont inscrites sur la liste représentative du patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’humanité.

Comme chaque année, de nombreux lieux, à Paris et en régions, accueillent les spectacles, concerts, performances et rituels du festival. Read more

La convocatoria de este premio busca profundizar en el conocimientos del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria y por extensión de parte de la cornisa Cantábrica, investigando sobre creencias religiosas y profanas, rituales y celebraciones de todo tipo, expresiones musicales o de danza, juegos, deportes, procesos de socialización y aculturación de grupos o individuos, sistemas identitarios de carácter grupal o de género y edad, formas de organización social e instituciones, actividades económicas tanto de tipo productivo como de distribución o trasformación, modos de trabajo, ocupaciones y construcciones del espacio, aspectos de la alimentación y la salud, indumentarias y adornos; u otras manifestaciones culturales que contribuyan a la compresión y divulgación antropológica de la cultura de Cantabria. Read more

La Dirección General de Patrimonio Histórico de la Comunidad de Madrid junto con Arrabel han recopilado con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial un conjunto de canciones tradicionales en un CD para su difusión. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial se ha organizado una exposición que muestra la actividad tradicional de la caza en Picos de Europa sirviendo como introducción de las ricas tradiciones y costumbres que, relacionadas con ella, perviven en la actualidad. Se trata de un recorrido fotográfico que abarca finales del siglo XIX hasta la década de los 70 del pasado siglo. Ser humano y fauna han compartido desde hace miles de años estos valles por lo que costumbres, leyendas e incluso religión se han visto marcadas por las figuras del oso, el lobo o el rebeco. Las imágenes de los cazadores de comienzos del siglo XX sirven de excusa para introducir al visitante en el conocimiento de un patrimonio cultural en el que la relación de hombre y fauna han marcado durante siglos la vida de estos valles. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial se presenta la obra “Cetrería, lances en alas del viento” . Este libro resume las vivencias cetreras del autor durante los últimos treinta años, a la vez que repasa la natural e histórica evolución paralela de la cetrería en España. La cetrería es tratada en su sentido más profundo como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial, recogiendo además un nutrido grupo de más de doscientas fotografías a todo color de Berta Peinado, Andrés López, Andrés L. Peinado y Antonio Manzanares, algunas de las cuales han sido premiadas en certámenes internacionales, que realzan los valores de dicho Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial.

El texto se acompaña de ilustraciones del pintor madrileño David Martín.

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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Open-Air Museum Vysočina will host an exhibition devoted to the traditional culture of Vysočina region and its bearers. The exhibition will be located in the farmstead from Mokrá Lhota and it will present traditional customs as they are celebrated today. Especially two elements inscribed on the national list of the intangible cultural heritage will be highlighted – the “Shrovetide Door-to-Door Processions and Masks in the Villages of the Hlinecko Area” (also inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List) and the Easter custom of “Burning the Judas”. Another part of the exhibition will concentrate on traditional craftsmen – their profiles, photographs and products – some of them proclaimed the “Bearers of Folk Craft Tradition” – a title awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. A cultural event related to the exhibition opening will take place on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención se ha organizado en Berga una exposición con carácter itinerante y que tiene la finalidad de dar a conocer La Patum entre todos aquellos que no la conocen. La exposición es adaptable a prácticamente todos los espacios expositivos y se encuentra en castellano, catalán, inglés y francés.

Se compone de dos tótems retroiluminados, un panel audiovisual, un toca-toca volumétrico que reproduce la cabeza de la Guita, uno de los personajes protagonistas de la celebración, y 14 plafones dobles de 2 metros por 1,80 con imágenes impactantes y distintos niveles de lectura gráfica y documental que inciden en los valores históricos, sociológicos, antropológicos y culturales de la celebración.

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To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, a documentary series is produced to takes you on a journey of adventure in the discovery the recipes for a healthy life from ancient cultures around the world.

Societies where time has stood still for the last centuries – places where the old time is the present time - places where only the last generations possess the knowledge.

This documentary series will help transmit the knowledge to future generations helping to safeguard traditional culture.

The outcome of the documentary series will be a ten episodes TV series, a book containing health knowledge, an on-line mini-series and press clips.

TV channels, some key supporters and a documentary specialized production company will be partnering for this project.

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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ICH Convention, the Cultural Association “Circolo della Zampogna” organizes in Scapoli (Molise region) a lecture on the Convention with the participation of the speakers:

– Letizia Bindi, anthropologist (University of Molise)
– Vincenzo Lombardi, ethnomusicologist (Director of Provincial Library of Campobasso)
– Mauro Gioielli, folklorist (Director of Utriculus, Association’s magazine)
– Alessandro Testa, PhD in Anthropology (University of Messina, Sicily)
coordinated by Antonietta Caccia, President of the “Circolo”.
The initiative will take place in the ambit of the “Bagpipers Spring Meeting” that the “Circolo” organizes every year (at the end of April) on the occasion of its Annual Assembly with the attendance of persons concerned, members and not only, scholars and researchers, besides more general public.
The event will be concluded by a concert with the performances of the young pupils of the Musical School for Zampogna founded by the “Circolo”, of traditional players from Lazio, Abruzzo, Campania and Basilicata besides from Scapoli and other places of Molise region.
The other ICHnet organizations -accredited to UNESCO- like Associazione Totarella, Associazione Multietnica Europea, Associazione Carpinofolkfestival, will participate in the event. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario se ha elaborado un monográfico sobre la Convención. Se han incluido los siguientes temas: -Una aproximación antropológica, teórica y conceptual al patrimonio cultural inmaterial.

• Un análisis de la Convención y su impacto en la gestión y las políticas culturales sobre el patrimonio, a nivel catalán, estatal e internacional.
  
• Una aproximación y revisión a iniciativas concretas de salvaguarda del PCI en les ámbitos autonómico, estatal e internacional.
  
• Una aproximación, a partir del análisis de iniciativas existentes, a la relación entre PCI y su traslación y adecuación a prácticas y discursos museísticos, en centros de interpretación y de formación.
  
• La relación entre investigación y documentación del PCI y la creación de programas de sensibilización, educación, transmisión y de participación de las comunidades y/o grupos que generan o mantienen este tipo de patrimonio. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial se celebra las IV Jornadas Franco-Españolas de Tradición Oral. Este encuentro tiene como objetivo difundir los nuevos aportes y enfoques producidos en el ámbito de la recopilación y estudio de la tradición oral, de la salvaguardia del patrimonio inmaterial y del folclore. Todo ello en torno al eje vertebrador, geográfico y conceptual a un tiempo, que los Pirineos han supuesto tradicionalmente.

Se estudiará la investigación en torno a la tradición oral en la región pirenaica: su estado actual y la prospectiva de trabajo. Durante estas jornadas intervendrán especialistas de Navarra, Francia, Andorra, Cataluña y Aragón.
Se presentarán novedades bibliográficas sobre tradición oral y patrimonio cultural inmaterial y se realizará una pequeña exposición de los fondos bibliográficos y filmográficos del Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses relacionados con la tradición oral y el patrimonio cultural inmaterial

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Germany joins the ICH Convention in Spring 2013. This is one of up to six regional fora where groups and communities practicing intangible cultural heritage, other stakeholders and the general public will be informed about the Convention and its mechanisms. The objectives of the Convention, opportunities to participate in the implementation as well as the process of inventorying in Germany will be presented. Participation is free of charge. Read more

Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France were one of the first elements to be inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Originally, they were proclaimed as UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, an international conference on the culture of giants will be held in Antwerp, on the 4th of May 2013. The conference is a cooperation between the MAS, heritage organization LECA and La Maison des Géants. Read more

Germany joins the ICH Convention in Spring 2013. This is one of up to six regional fora where groups and communities practicing intangible cultural heritage, other stakeholders and the general public will be informed about the Convention and its mechanisms. The objectives of the Convention, opportunities to participate in the implementation as well as the process of inventorying in Germany will be presented. Participation is free of charge. Read more

The Local Branch of the ICHNetwork, based in Montemarano (Avellino), in collaboration with the Servizio diocesano per la Pastorale giovanile of Avellino and within the ICHNet initiative «Culture Viventi», organize a demonstration lesson of the tarantella Montemaranese.

The program includes a presentation of the Convention. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial la Asociación Española de Cetrería y Conservación de Aves Rapaces (AECCA) convoca este premio de fotografía. El motivo principal del presente concurso es recopilar fotografías para ilustrar en diferentes medios de difusión el arte de la cetrería. Read more

Las Jornadas tienen por objeto analizar la repercusión del reconocimiento tras la inclusión en la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad de la UNESCO y las motivaciones de los aspirantes a ser incluidos. Así como analizar la situación del Patrimonio Inmaterial en la Comunidad Valenciana: experiencias ya desarrolladas, situación de los inventarios, etc.
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The “Kit for the Documentation of Intangible Heritage” has been recently

awarded at the third edition of the Ibero-American Prize for Education and
Museums.

The «Kit», a publication of the Portuguese General-Directorate for Cultural
Heritage, aims at building awareness, among the younger generations, of the
importance of the intangible cultural heritage and of its safeguarding, as
well as its deep-seated interdependence with tangible cultural and natural
heritage.

The «Kit» is constituted by records for the inventory of intangible cultural
heritage (“Traditional Knowledge and Craftsmanship”; “Festive Events”; “Oral
Traditions”), by records for the inventory of tangible and natural Heritage
(“Objects”, “Buildings” and “Spaces”), and by records for the
characterization of the bearers of ICH and their life histories.

The «Kit» was conceived to be used in Schools and in Museums’ Educational
Services. It is available for free download from the website of the
Portuguese National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
(www.matrizpci.imc-ip.pt), which provides a specific section and contents
for younger generations.

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The Local Branch of the ICHNetwork, based in Montemarano (Avellino), in collaboration with the Administration of the Municipality of Muro lucano (Potenza) and within the ICHNet initiative «Culture Viventi», organize a day of entertainment, cultural insights for the preservation of tradition with the students of the schools of Muro Lucano. In the program students will participate actively in the lessons of folk dance with moments of reflection and debate on the protection of tradition with the reading of some parties of the Convention. Read more

Après « les Berbères aujourd’hui au Maroc », le premier colloque du Musée Berbère qui s’est tenu à Marrakech le 12 mai 2012, la Fondation Jardin Majorelle propose en 2013 une rencontre sur le thème : « Savoirs etsavoir-faire amazighs, disparition ou adaptation ? »

La communauté internationale et l’UNESCO célèbrent en 2013 le 10ème anniversaire de la Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel adoptée par la Conférence générale de l’Organisation en octobre 2003. Le Musée Berbère accompagne cet événement mondial en inscrivant le thème de son deuxième
colloque dans le mouvement de la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel amazigh. Read more

The Local Branch of the ICHNetwork, Coordinator for the Abruzzo Region based in the town of Lanciano (Chieti), in collaboration with the Municipality of Lanciano and its Cultural Pole of Santo Spirito – on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in Paris, organizes an event on the rivitalisation and some particular forms of traditional dances - saltarella and ballarella - tipical of the oral cultures in rural communities of the Frentana area (southern Abruzzo). The initiative is aimed at providing a participatory “space”, for bringing people together and sharing experiences and ways of transmission of such dances associated with peculiar forms of music and instruments. The program includes in the afternoon performances and testimonies of elder “musicians” of accordion (organetto) and tambourine from the Frentana area. Several groups of people will perform dances and songs identifiying their own community/families and traditions. Following this part, devoted to dialogical process, to recall memories, and to experience sharing, the public involved will be invited to join the dances and the music during a “festa a ballo”, organised within the First Week of the Frentana Culture in Lanciano. Read more

The Hungarian Open Air Museum (Szentendre, Hungary) is organizing an International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the third time on the Whitsun weekend, 17-20 May, 2013. Apart from celebrating those elements of intangible cultural heritage inscribed on the National Inventory in Hungary, we would like to feature again ICH elements of UNESCO’s Representative list. This year we have invited a bearer community from India (chhau dance) to participate in the festivities held on the grounds of the Hungarian Open Air Museum (20 km north of Budapest). The four-day event will include a conference, exhibitions, as well as awareness-raising regarding ICH through performances, handcraft workshops, parades, music and dance programs and ‘táncház’ parties.

This year we dedicate our festival to the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the Convention. For this purpose we plan a gala ceremony on Sunday evening with the participation of all performers and an exhibition to present the main aims of the Convention. Read more

On the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in Paris and within the ICHNet initiative «Culture Viventi» - during the Carnival of Cultures 2013 in Berlin - the communities of Berlin, Macerata Campania (Italy), Montemarano (Italy) will establish a cultural twinning.

This twinning establishes a partnerships between this communities, in order to cooperate for sustainability, defense and protection of their cultural diversity and Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The experiences of traditions such as “Battuglia di Pastellessa” of Macerata Campania and “Tarantella Montemaranese” of Montemarano, in addition to cultural and ethnic diversity of communities, will be compared in order to create sustainability policies. Read more

La exposición “La Festa a través de sus carteles 1941-2012”, es una muestra de indudable valor para los amantes del Misteri d’Elx, haciendo un recorrido por las obras que han servido para anunciar la Festa desde el año 1941.

Misteri d’Elx
Representación
Videos del Misteri
Información

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Este año el Museo Etnográfico de Cantabria, quiere dedicar el Día Internacional de los Museos, 18 de mayo, al Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial y al 10º Aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial. Para esto se ha preparado una charla - recital a cargo de Chema Puente, excelente rabelista, que ha dedicado parte de su vida a rescatar viejas tonadas del olvido y a difundir la importancia del rabel y su historia, intentando mantener vivo el interés por esta manifestación de la música y la tradición oral de Cantabria. El rabel es uno de los instrumentos musicales más emblemáticos de la música popular de Cantabria. Característico de las zonas rurales y especialmente de los pastores, se empleaba como acompañamiento de la recitación melódica de coplillas, romances y cantos a lo pesao y a lo ligero. Tenemos constancia de su utilización en nuestra región desde el siglo XVIII, aunque se sabe que sus orígenes son más antiguos. Read more

Se celebrará en el Gran Teatro de Elche, un concierto conmemorativo del XII Aniversario de la declaración del Misteri d’Elx como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO, a cargo de la Capella del Misteri. Read more

Germany joins the ICH Convention in Spring 2013. This is one of up to six regional fora where groups and communities practicing intangible cultural heritage, other stakeholders and the general public will be informed about the Convention and its mechanisms. The objectives of the Convention, opportunities to participate in the implementation as well as the process of inventorying in Germany will be presented. Participation is free of charge. Read more

The Local Branch of the ICHNetwork based in Sala Consilina, in collaboration with the Administration of the Municipality of Sala Consilina and the Istituto “Marco Tullio Cicerone” of Sala Consilina – on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH, within the ICHNet initiative «Culture Viventi», organize a creative writing competition in local language for students of high school of Sala Consilina aiming at disseminating especially among young people awareness of the importance and respect of the language tradition of the communities to which they belong. As this is a primary identity feature and an element bearing the entire cultural intangible and tangible system of a group.

The program includes a presentation of the Convention prepared by the students and the inauguration of the Laboratorio di Studi del Territorio e di Scrittura Creativa «Vittorio Bracco», established within the Liceo classico of Sala Consilina. In the afternoon, the winners of the contest will be rewarded and the best compositions will be publicly read. The ICHNET organizations - accredited to UNESCO - Circolo della Zampogna di Scapoli, Associazione Totarella, Associazione Multietnica Europea, Associazione Carpinofolkfestival, will partecipate in the event. Read more

The Fundação INATEL, accredited by UNESCO as an advisory organization in the framework of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, will organize the Conference “HERITAGE AS IDENTITY - 10 Years of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” on May 24, at the Fado Museum Auditorium, in Lisbon. This event aims to present the work carried out in Portugal in the field of Intangible Heritage, demonstrating also the impact that the recognition of a practice has, or can possibly have, on local economies. To create a meeting place for cultural associations and agents, academics and institutions, in an open dialogue on Intangible Cultural Heritage and on the Convention, is the main objective of this initiative. Read more

On the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Convention, the Municipal Administration of Sala Consilina, in collaboration with the ICHNetwork, and the Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore “Marco Tullio Cicerone” launch among the students of the Institute a composition competition in the local language. The top three winners will be awarded prizes in books dealing offered by the Municipality of Sala Consilina. Read more

Con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención de Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial se ha realizado una exposición que presenta al pueblo Pasiego. Aislados durante generaciones, los pasiegos han constituido un grupo diferenciado por sus costumbres, arquitectura y formas de vida. El inicio del modo de vida pasiego se data en el siglo XVI. En ese momento los habitantes de estos montes rompen con sus usos agrarios y de propiedad medievales pasando del aprovechamiento extensivo de los pastos al intensivo, todo ello en un espacio con una orografía marcada por los estrechos valles y elevadas pendientes. Pastores que habían cuidado rebaños señoriales comenzaron a transformar el territorio talando los bosques autóctonos convirtiéndolos en el tapiz verde salpicado de cabañas que hoy podemos ver. La dureza del territorio y la adaptación al mismo han dado lugar a una forma de vida marcada por el trabajo duro, la austeridad y la cooperación comunitaria. La muestra fotográfica permitirá el acercamiento a este singular modo de vida. En la actividad colabora la UIMP, Puerto de Santander y Gobierno de Cantabria. Read more

Scotland has enthusiastically embraced the concept of heritage, and has invested significantly in the restoration of historic and listed buildings. An emphasis on safeguarding historic structures reflects the traditional British perspective, which largely regarded heritage in terms the built environment. This emphasis is at odds with the Gaelic term dúchas, which implies a collective heritage: one that connects living people to particular places. Recent developments in Scotland indicate that perspectives on heritage have begun to embrace living – as well as material – dimensions of heritage. With particular reference to UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), this inaugural lecture explores the current challenges faced by tradition-bearers and custodians of living heritage in Scotland, Europe and further afield.

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El Museo de la Naturaleza celebrará las Jornadas Estivales de Cetrería en las que se busca trasmitir a los asistentes respeto y admiración por este arte milenario y por las personas y los animales en él implicados. La cetrería, que fue declarada Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial en 2010, es el arte de criar y cazar con aves rapaces, y se cree que su práctica se remonta hasta la época de las grandes dinastías chinas.

La cría y el adiestramiento de las aves, para que puedan cazar en la naturaleza, requiere del cetrero la capacidad de amaestrar aves, y sobre todo la capacidad de crear un vínculo emocional que permita al animal realizar lo que su criador le solicita. Durante las Jornadas se dará una charla en la que mediante imágenes del propio conferenciante, un experto cetrero, se explican técnicas de cetrería, de cría campestre de la aves y de la importancia de la conservación de los ecosistemas donde estos animales desarrollan su vida. En el exterior del Museo, el cetrero hará una pequeña exhibición de la práctica de la cetrería con varias aves y señuelos falsos. Read more

El objetivo de este I Encuentro es evaluar la aplicación de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial y sus capacidades de salvaguardar el patrimonio cultural inmaterial, informar sobre los inventarios del patrimonio cultural inmaterial y analizar el estado de los elementos inscritos en la Lista representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial.

Este primer encuentro pretende crear un espacio de reflexión sobre los siguientes puntos:
Evaluación de la aplicación de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial y sus capacidades de salvaguardar el patrimonio cultural inmaterial.
Análisis sobre el estado de los inventarios del patrimonio cultural inmaterial.
Puesta en común del estado de los elementos inscritos en la Lista representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial y en el Registro de las mejores prácticas de salvaguardia.
Cooperación Internacional.
Difusión de los valores de la Convención y de los elementos inscritos.

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Con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención, el sábado 8 de junio, a las 19 horas se reunirán en la plaza Mayor de Algemesí dos Patrimonios Culturales Inmateriales de la Humanidad: la torres humanas de las “muixerangues”, que participan en la Processó a la Mare de Déu de la Salut de Algemesí, y los “castellers” catalanes.

En el encuentro participarán: La “Muixeranga” y la “Nova Muixeranga” de Algemesí, la “Moixiganga” de Tarragona y los “Xicots” de Vilafranca (Barcelona)
Se trata de un proyecto que fomenta la relación entre las Muixerangues de Algemesí (Comunidad Valenciana) con entidades asociativas del ámbito casteller (Catalunya).
La investigación castellera sitúa el origen dels castellers de Cataluña en la Muixeranga, documentada en Algemesí a principios del siglo XVIII, aunque su origen se cree más antiguo. Hay estudiosos que señalan la posibilidad que desde Algemesí se extendiera por las comarcas del sur de Cataluña -en relación con la implantación del arroz al Delta del Ebro, realizada por gente de la Ribera valenciana. Por este motivo en Cataluña las torres humanas se conocieron inicialmente con el antiguo nombre de Ball de Valencians (Baile de valencianos). Read more

ICHNetwork in collaboration with the Associazione Culturale il Tassello and the Istituto Comprensivo «Benedetto Croce» of Latrònico, organize, within the ICHNet initiative «Culture Viventi», an event aimed at highlighting the fundamental principles contained in the Convention in relation to the specific cultural heritage of the Alta Valle del Sinni. This can be in mainly identified the in the «puntino ad ago» – an original lace made through the particular attitude of local women to embroidery, crochet and sewing, up to recent times also weaving of particular fibers such as wool, linen, cotton and broom and the local religious intangible heritage. The Mayor Mr. Fausto De Maria and the Rector Don Giovanni Costanza will open the event followed by introductory remarks of Mr. Corrado Limongi and Mr. Antonio Tortorella, ICHNet Coordinator for Western Lucania, followed by a paper Ms. Felicetta Gesualdi, Presidente of the «Tassello», followed by a contribution of Mr. Ettore Panizzo, on The Local Religious Intangible Heritage and the Manifestations of the Popular Piety. The event will be chaired and concluded by Ms. Francesca Lufrano. The ICHNET organizations - accredited to UNESCO - Circolo della Zampogna, Associazione Totarella, Associazione Multietnica Europea, Associazione Carpinofolkfestival, will partecipate in the event. Read more

On the occasion of the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Delegation of Hungary to UNESCO is organizing a Gala Evening on 10 June 2013 to present the Hungarian Intangible Cultural Heritage to a wider audience.

Folk music, folk dance and folk traditions are important ways of maintaining and transmitting our cultural heritage. The Gala Evening will present the winners of a special folk dance and music television talent show, called “Peacock Variations…” (“Felszállott a Páva”). The event will feature a demonstration of the “Táncház” (dance-house) method, “Matyó” embroidery folk artists, Falconers and Masked end-of-winter carnival customs (“Busók”).

With the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary in collaboration with the Hungarian Heritage House and the Hungarian Open Air Museum.

Date: 10 June 2013 7.p.m.
Venue: UNESCO House, 125, avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris, France.
Body responsible: Permanent Delegation of Hungary to UNESCO.
Registration RSVP: m.kepviselet.hu@unesco-delegations.org,
Phone number: +33 1 45 68 35 30 / +33 1 45 68 35 32

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The year 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention. In responding to the call for celebrations of the tenth anniversary by UNESCO, the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China and Sichuan Provincial People’s Government, in collaboration with UNESCO, will hold the Chengdu International Conference on the Intangible Cultural Heritage (abbreviated as “the Conference”) in celebration of the tenth Anniversary of the Convention from June 14 to 16, 2013 during the 4th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Chengdu, China. Main purposes of the Conference will be to raise awareness of the significance and values of the Convention and ICH, and to ensure the healthy development of ICH safeguarding in the right track globally. The Conference will take the opportunity of the tenth anniversary to review the historical drafting process of the Convention, exchange experiences in implementing the Convention both at international and national levels, and identify challenges, constraints and opportunities encountered in the implementation of the Convention. The Conference will focus on topics related to achievements of the Convention, implementation of the Convention, open questions and future directions. Please find the attached file for more details . Read more

Germany joins the ICH Convention in Spring 2013. This is one of six regional fora where groups and communities practicing intangible cultural heritage, other stakeholders and the general public will be informed about the Convention and its mechanisms. The objectives of the Convention, opportunities to participate in the implementation as well as the process of inventorying in Germany will be presented. Participation is free of charge. Read more

La Dieta Mediterránea engloba muy diferentes aspectos y ambientes, entre ellos la alimentación de los pescadores. Este tipo de alimentación, tanto en la bajura, con salidas de día, como en altura con mareas más prolongadas, ha tenido y tiene su propio rol en la vida abordo como en el propio barco.

Los tipos de alimentos, dietas, formas de preparación, los espacios para su realización y consumo, así como los utensilios, contenedores, junto con ciertos ritos y costumbres culinarias forman parte de la dieta mediterránea e integran el patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la vida en la mar.
La actividad propuesta tiene el objetivo de favorecer el mantenimiento y la difusión de esta manifestación cultural, enraizada en los hombres de la mar y las comunidades marítimas, con sus propias singularidades, tanto locales como regionales, que parte de la propia subsistencia abordo y en muchos casos se ha interpretado y evolucionado como forma de la cocina marinera.

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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) is collaborating with Quang Nam People’s Committee and the National Commission for UNESCO of Vietnam to organize an international conference entitled “The 10-Year Implementation of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Experiences, Lessons and Future Directions”.
Time: June 22-23, 2013 during the “Festival of ASEAN’s World Cultural Heritage” week.
The conference covers the following topics:
1. Evaluation of the 10-year implementation of the 2003 Convention by state parties: achievements and limitations.
2. Experience exchange: promotion of cooperation among ASEAN countries to safeguard cultural heritage and contribute to social and cultural exchange within the ASEAN community.
3. The 10-year implementation of the 2003 Convention in Vietnam: achievements and lessons learned; challenges; ways to enhance the impacts of the Convention and improve the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Vietnam
4. Raising awareness in communities about the roles of UNESCO and the 2003 Convention; the relations between tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and cultural diversity; the participation of various social groups (local communities, managers, scientists, business people, and so on) in the safeguarding and promotion of cultural heritage. Read more

A Romans sur Isère, le Festival CIOFF « Echanges, Cultures et Traditions du Monde » initié par l’association Empi et Riaume et en partenariat avec la ville de Romans investit les villages de la Drôme et de la région Rhône Alpes pour faire partager les diversités culturelles du monde à son public. Il s’attache, cette année, à célébrer les 10 ans de la Convention du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel en promouvant l’expression des peuples à travers leurs danses, leurs chants, leurs musiques et leurs rites. Il invite le public, pendant quelques 10 jours, à venir à la rencontre de cultures vivantes et lointaines et le convie ainsi à rejoindre sa grande ronde généreuse et multicolore. Read more

Esta actividad guarda relación con todas las finalidades de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de 2003 y su 10º aniversario.
Se trata de la tercera edición de una muestra sobre realizaciones audiovisuales relacionadas con la etnología en general, organizada por la red de equipamientos culturales de Cataluña que conforman el Observatorio del Patrimonio Etnológico e Inmaterial en coordinación con la Red Euromediterránea de Cultura y Patrimonio “Arianna”. La mayoría de estos documentales muestran actividades económicas tradicionales, expresiones religiosas, manifestaciones festivas y otras formas de ocio, como por ejemplo el teatro amateur o el excursionismo. Read more

Enmarcada en las actividades del Proyecto europeo CODEPA MAC/3/C154, esta jornada, de un día de duración, servirá de clausura del mismo. Además de plantear una serie de conclusiones y el resumen del desarrollo del proyecto, se valorará el Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial desde la perspectiva de la cooperación y como posible motor de desarrollo de las regiones, acercándonos a la realidad, problemáticas y herramientas de gestión, particulares o generales, de los Bienes Inmateriales en la zona de la costa atlántica africana, en España (Plan Nacional del Patrimonio Inmaterial) y en Canarias (atlas regional del Patrimonio Inmaterial; Silbo Gomero). Read more

The Local Branch of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Network, Coordinator for Western Lucania based in Sala Consilina in the premises of the Polo Culturale «Cappuccini», in collaboration with the ProLoco of Caselle in Píttari and the Comunità del Cibo «Grano di Caselle», – on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Convention, within the ICHNet initiative «Culture Viventi», organize a one day workshop on the wheat culture and cultivation within the Palio del Grano and the Week of Rural Literacy «Campo di Grano». The event includes reading the Convention together with a set of interventions about agricultural crops that will always more become fundamental elements of the local culture. Therefore practices linked with the wheat farming cycle will be illustrate through specific workshops with the «i maestri della terra» (masters of the earth). The aim is to orientate the discussion towards the safeguarding the intangible heritage in a period of economic crisis. The ICHNET organizations - accredited to UNESCO will partecipate in the event. Read more

Depuis quarante ans à Gannat, la deuxième quinzaine de Juillet s’ouvre au Monde en conviant les cinq continents à venir y poser et partager leurs bagages culturels. Durant dix jours et dix nuits, ce festival classé parmi les quatre manifestations plus importantes de la région Auvergne se fait le messager des cultures du Monde. Octroyant depuis toujours une place de choix au patrimoine culturel immatériel et à sa sensibilisation auprès du public, le festival convie cette année la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel au cœur de sa programmation festive, dans le cadre de la célébration des dix ans de sa Convention. Le jeudi 25 juillet lui étant une journée dédiée, vous pourrez dès le lever du soleil découvrir le rite Yakoute à la gloire du Soleil avant de partager un petit-déjeuner accompagné d’une conférence de presse ; arpenter les allées du patrimoine immatériel le temps d’une visite guidée, déjeuner en tête à tête avec le patrimoine africain, voyager le temps d’un spectacle de l’Auvergne à Haïti en passant par le Portugal, interroger l’impact du temps sur le patrimoine culturel immatériel autour d’une table ronde atypique, ouvrant sur un dîner portugais et un spectacle final. Read more

Tous les ans, notre festival rassemble, dans le sud de la France, prés de 400 artistes, venus du monde entier, pour faire partager leur amour et leur passion : les arts et traditions populaires, dans un esprit de fraternité et d’égalité.

Le Festival de Montréjeau, créé dans les années 1950, se veut une manifestation populaire, à la portée de tous, où les visiteurs sont au contact des participants, permettant ainsi un échange de cultures.
En 2013, Folkolor s’associera aux autres festivals CIOFF français pour célébrer le 10ème anniversaire de la Convention pour la sauvegarde du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel en promouvant l’expression des peuples au travers des danses, chants et musiques, mais aussi des expositions. Une sur la Pologne, une conférence sur l’héraldique dans le monde, un village artisanal, de la restauration…
Le Festival est membre associé du CIOFF France. Read more

For celebrating the forthcoming tenth anniversary of the 2003 Convention, the Preparatory Committee planned to set up a comprehensive/digitalizing exhibition entitled “A Special Centenary Journey Trail: Epic Collections, Documentations, and Studies in China,” which will run between September 15 and November 15, 2013 at the Library of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS Library). The exhibition will be largely based upon the multiform outcomes from “Archives of China Ethnic Minorities’ Oral Traditions,” a long-term project (launched in1990) whose construction has been currently underway at the Institute of Ethnic Literature (IEL), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).

The General goals for the Exhibition are: (1) to promote the mutual understanding of cultural diversity and creativity; (2) to strengthen international academic discourse on living epic traditions; (3) to facilitate a better data sharing in the domain of the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage; and (4) to enhance the internationalized network among epic professionals and institutions.
The exhibition will cover books, journals, multi-media publications, and objects concerning epic studies in China (and beyond) during the past 10 decades, along with recorded live epic performance through fieldwork. After the actual exhibition at the CASS Library, the virtual exhibition will be displayed online through digitized documentation. Read more

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Convention, Chinese National Academy of Arts (China National Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage), International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP), Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Hangzhou Municipal Government are planning to co-organize the West Lake Expo on Traditional Craftsmanship in the Asia-Pacific Region from 17 to 21 October 2013 in Hangzhou, China. The Expo is to be held mainly for the 48 Asia-Pacific Member States. Main objectives of the Expo will be to foster dialogue and cooperation on the safeguarding and transmission of traditional craftsmanship in the Asia-Pacific region, actively explore the new thinking and measures of the safeguarding, transmission and development of traditional craftsmanship, enhance mutual understanding of cultural diversity and human creativity, promote the resource sharing in traditional craftsmanship and exchange of experience in ICH safeguarding, and make contributions to promoting the ICH safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific region. Major activities of the Expo will include exhibitions of masterpieces of traditional craftsmanship, live demonstrations of traditional craftsmanship, traditional crafts commodities fair, live experience in the making of traditional crafts, and exchanges and interactions between the audience and traditional craftsmen. Read more

The 8th International Congress on Turkish Culture that is organized in every four years by Ataturk Culture Center has been devoted to the topic of “Cultural Heritage”. The Congress will be held on 24-27 October 2013 in Eskişehir that has been declared as Capital of “2013 Turkish World” and “Intangible Cultural Heritage”. Read more

Kazakhstan UNESCO Clubs Movement is strongly committed to the UNESCO initiatives in youth arts education, intercultural dialogue and dissemination of human values. Almaty School of Fine Arts and Technical Design – UNESCO Club has implemented annual National Plain-Air and Workshop since 2006. In 2009 with the establishment of the Kazakhstan National Federation of UNESCO Clubs (KazFUCA) the project became a creative forum for young artists of UNESCO Clubs, Art Schools and Studios from all over Kazakhstan. Taking into consideration that Cultural Heritage in youth education is one of the main strategic priorities for KazFUCA. Organizers decided to dedicate Creative Biennale for youth activists of UNESCO Clubs Movement to the 10th anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. During 5 days program more than 150 students will learn from various workshops and master-classes on ICH elements. Well-known artists and different community members will present the uniqueness and importance of Kazakhstan Cultural Heritage. The main goal is promotion and safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Kazakhstan. This must start with the minds of girls and boys, whose imagination we must support and whose skills we must improve. Read more

La Asociación Española de Cetrería y Conservación de Aves Rapaces (AECCA) organiza con motivo del 10º aniversario de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial las Jornadas de Cetrería: Cultura, Caza y Conservación. Read more