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UNESCO ICH Manipuri Project, 2018

Time frame: December 2017 to February 2018
OBJECTIVE:
The activity aims to assist Bangladesh authority to undertake a primary (field-based) and secondary (desk study) study for upcoming pilot ICH inventorying activity involving local communities and practitioners on a selected number of intangible cultural heritage elements. The pilot inventorying shall focus on the geographical area of Sylhet in Manipuri community.
To create a methodology with which relevant community leaders, community stakeholders, and government institutions can carry out the inventory on a national level by training communities to identify ICH elements and carry out inventorying.
Main purpose:
The main purposes of the Convention are to
Main purpose:
The main purposes of the Convention are to
- safeguard such heritage, to ensure respect for it
- to raise awareness about its importance and
- to provide for international cooperation and assistance in these fields
- List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
- the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity