The Representative List covers cultural expressions which are testimony to the diversity of intangible heritage.
Conservation measures applicable to the physical heritage are not appropriate for the intangible heritage.
To date, the List of Intangible Heritage in need of Urgent Safeguarding includes 27 items in 10 countries.
From today through to 29 November, the Committee will examine 73 nominations for inscription on the Intangible Heritage Lists.
Only those countries that have ratified the Convention are eligible to nominate items for inscription on the Intangible Heritage Lists.
The next meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible heritage will take place in Grenada in 2012.
The project takes into consideration the sensitive nature of the oral and intangible heritage which makes its preservation complex and delicate.
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage comprises 24 UNESCO Member States, elected for a term of four years.
This important characteristic was addressed in detail at the UNESCO International Conference on the Safeguarding of Tangible and Intangible Heritage in 2004.
Seventy nine intangible heritage dossiers will be examined during the present session.
The project is coordinated by UNESCO office in Windhoek, supported by the Intangible Heritage Section and UNESCO offices in Harare and Nairobi.
The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity covers cultural expressions which are testimony to the diversity of intangible heritage.
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage has 24 representatives of UNESCO Member States, elected for a term of four years.
The Committee hopes to use this register of good practices to raise public awareness regarding the importance of intangible heritage and its safeguarding.
Participants: Members of the National Committee for the safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, cultural specialists, bearers, community members and other participants from civil society.
The viability of intangible heritage practices relies on the ongoing transmission of the special knowledge and skills that are essential for their enactment or embodiment.
In 2003, the Day of the Dead celebration was entered on the UNESCO list of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Only those countries that have ratified the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage can present elements for inscription on the Intangible Heritage lists.
Intangible heritage is not only a source of identity and history.
Irina Bokova was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage in Bali (Indonesia) today.
R.5: The element is inscribed on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage administered by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.
As a sector of activity, through tangible and intangible heritage, creative industries and various forms of artistic expressions, culture is a powerful contributor to economic development.
The Committee hopes to use this register of good practices to raise public awareness of the importance of intangible heritage and the need to safeguard it.
The UNESCO Convention recommends safeguarding the intangible heritage represented by traditions and oral expressions, rituals and festive events, traditional craftsmanship, music, dances and traditional performing arts.
Participants: Representatives of cultural institutions, university students, journalists, culture specialists, bearers and community members and the members of the National Committee for Safeguarding the Intangible Heritage.
Throughout the last decades, the world has witnessed several situations in which built or intangible heritage has been at the core of political, ethnic and religious conflicts.
Suplicy accompanied the induction of Frevo to the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List, within the scope of the 7th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee Convention on Intangible Heritage.
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The Director-General further underscored that tangible and intangible heritage are sources of social cohesion, factors of enrichment through diversity and drivers of creativity, innovation and urban regeneration.
The role of communities in identifying and transmitting intangible cultural heritage is also highlighted, as the importance of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development and social cohesion.
The projects in need of funding today concern five main areas: World Heritage (cultural and natural), intangible heritage, movable heritage (museums, archives, libraries), cultural industries and cultural policies.
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