DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 3 (MExN): The Listener—A Festival of Orality is being held at Tetso College from November 2 to 4. The first zonal workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage was held as part of the festival on November 3.
The capacity building workshop was designed and envisioned to raise awareness about the concepts and operations of the ICH related UNESCO conventions and programs ratified by India namely: 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage; 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; memory of the World Programme; and UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).
The workshop intended to enhance capabilities by pooling resources at the regional or sub-regional level to establish standardized and efficient procedures. It aimed to create a strong network for the preparation of nomination documents for India's intangible cultural heritage (ICH) under different conventions, with the goal of broadening the diversity of ICH representation from India.
A two-pronged methodology was adopted for this workshop—Capacity Building via a combination of presentations, lecture demonstrations, relevant literature and resource material and Capacity Building through case studies, interactive sessions, cultural performances etc.
The target audience and participants for the workshop were in-service professionals of Culture sector of the Regional government/ULBs/District Administration; faculty representatives of the D/o
History/Culture/archaeology/anthropology/ethnography/ Museology and alike of State and Regional Central Universities’ and NGOs/Organisations/Unions/associations/trusts for artists/ICH practitioners, ICH advocacy group.
