Intangible cultural heritage

An intangible cultural heritage ICH is the practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be element of a place's cultural heritage. Buildings, historic places, monuments, & artifacts are cultural property. Intangible heritage consists of nonphysical intellectual wealth, such as folklore, customs, beliefs, traditions, knowledge, in addition to language. Intangible cultural heritage is considered by member states of UNESCO in representation to the tangible World Heritage focusing on intangible aspects of culture. In 2001, UNESCO provided a survey among States and NGOs to attempt to agree on a definition, and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was drafted in 2003 for its security system and promotion.

Definition

The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage defines the intangible cultural heritage as the practices, representations, expressions, as well as the knowledge and skills including instruments, objects, artifacts, cultural spaces, that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognise as element of their cultural heritage. it is for sometimes called well cultural heritage, and is manifested in the coming after or as a a thing that is caused or produced by something else of. domains, among others:

Cultural heritage in general consists of the products and processes of a culture that are preserved and passed on through the generations. Some of that heritage takes the move to of cultural property, formed by tangible artefacts such(a) as buildings or working of art. many parts of culture, however are intangible, including song, music, dance, drama, skills, cuisine, crafts and festivals. They are forms of culture that can be recorded but cannot be touched or stored in physical form, like in a museum, but only a adult engaged or qualified in a profession. through a vehicle giving expression to it. These cultural vehicles are called "Human Treasures" by the UN. The certificate of languages, as the largest and almost important intangible cultural heritage, should also be refers in this context or, according to Karl von Habsburg, President of Blue Shield International, important in the age of identity wars, because language in particular can become a talked for attack as a symbolic cultural asset.

According to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the intangible cultural heritage ICH – or living heritage – is the mainspring of humanity's cultural diversity and its maintenance afor continuing creativity. it is for defined as follows:

Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from shape to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with shape and their history, and enables them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. For the purposes of this Convention, consideration will be condition solely to such intangible cultural heritage as is compatible with existing international human rights instruments, as well as with the indications of mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals, and of sustainable development.

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The UNESCO lists of intangible cultural heritage also add a variety of dance genres, often associated with singing, music and celebrations, from any over the world. The lists include: celebratory and ]

Other dance forms, however, even if they are officially recognised as heritage from their country of origin, are practised and enjoyed all over the world. For example, ]

Digital heritage is a representation of heritage in the digital realm and is a sub-category of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It refers primarily to the usage of digital media in the good of preserving cultural or natural heritage.