ICH NGO Forum

No Comments Jan 10, 2020

The 15th session of Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee will be held in Jamaica

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ended its 14th session which took place in the Colombian capital under the Chair María Claudia López Sorzano. During...

Silambam Asia

4 Comments Jan 9, 2020

Indian Traditional Arts (Kuttu Varisai, Silambam, Traditional Yoga and Varma Kalai) of Education, Cultural, Arts and Sports for Women, Child, Adults. Year of accreditation: 2019 Main domain(s) of the ngo’s...
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF)

1 Comment Dec 18, 2019

The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) is a pluridisciplinary organization centered in the twin fields of ethnology and folklore in their various denominations, within the larger family of...
Shadhona – A Center for Advancement of Southasian Culture

No Comments Dec 18, 2019

Though Shadhona’s scope of work encompasses many genres of art and the target group is diverse, the defining character of our organization is the hard-core, intensive work that we do...
Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (ICCN)

No Comments Dec 18, 2019

The Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (ICCN) is the only international organization of local governments and cultural organizations that aim to safeguard the world’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. The ICCN has...

No Comments Oct 10, 2019

ICH NGO Forum draft Bylaws and Code of conduct – Reflection process

(Voir la version française ci-dessous) Dear colleagues, for the last couple of months the working group (Robert Baron, Naila Ceribašić and Antoine Gauthier) and the Steering Committee have worked on...

News November 27, 2019

Polenta in the Lombard Alpine Macro-region: Practice, knowledge and meaning of food heritage told by communities.

POLENTA. SEED, FLOUR, RECIPES AND RITUAL. Polenta in the Lombard Alpine Macro-region (Italy) Practice, knowledge and meaning of food heritage told by communities. December 7th 2019 Event taking place in…

News November 26, 2019

Results of the Call for applications for the Steering Committee Elections for 2019

** La version française suit ** Dear members of the ICH NGO Forum, The Electoral Board is pleased to present the list of the eligible candidates for the 2019 elections…

NGOs and Ethics November 22, 2019

The meeting of the Ethics Working Group during the 14.COM

Ethics Working Group – NGO Forum of the ICH * * *Le français suivra* * * Brief history The Working Group on Ethics was established in 2015 in Windhoek (Namibia) to work,…

International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF)
Shadhona – A Center for Advancement of Southasian Culture
Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (ICCN)
Engabu Za Tooro (Tooro Youth Platform for Action)
The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU)
Association for the conservation of popular traditions (ATCP)
Norwegian centre for traditional music and dance
Simbdea – Italian Society for Museum and Heritage Anthropology
Traditions pour Demain – Traditions for Tomorrow
International Council of organizations of folklore festivals and folk art – CIOFF

No Comments Mar 4, 2020

Traditional food, sharing experiences from the field

ICHCAP published the book Living Heritage Series – Traditional Food in collaboration with the ICHNGO Forum’s #HeritageAlive. The Living Heritage Series is a serial publication on regional/national transmission and safeguarding...

#HeritageAlive: Call for articles on traditional food

No Comments Jan 8, 2019

(French version below) Call for articles: Traditional food At 13.COM in Mauritius, the Editorial Board decided to concentrate on traditional food for our next publication. The deadline for submitting articles...
The Paradox of Recreating ‘the Authentic Taste of Home’

No Comments Nov 21, 2018

By Haeree Shim, MA Cultural Heritage Studies in UCL Institute of Archaeology Introduction The biggest North Korean migrant community outside East Asia is located in a somewhat unlikely place; New Malden....
#HeritageAlive: Call for articles

2 Comments Feb 20, 2018

Dear all On the behalf of #HeritageAlive it’s a pleasure for me to announce a call for articles. In 2018 the editorial board have decided to concentrate on two topics:...
Traditional Medicine: the book is now available online

1 Comment Feb 2, 2018

#HeritageAlive has been publishing articles on a variety of themes concerning intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding since 2012. After remaining relatively steady in the past, public interest in the online...