Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage[edit]
Identifying those practices, expressions, traditions, and beliefs that communities and groups recognize as part of their cultural heritage. According to UNESCO, this act of documentation has the function of providing a record of intangible cultural heritage, as well as identifying the fragility of practices, thus enabling the development of effective safeguards. In 2003, the Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, was established.
