Experience on safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mongolia shared

Oyundelger 2016-10-17 01:10

Society

Northeast Asian nations share experience on safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage /ICH/ in Mongolia.

Northeast Asian nations share experience on safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage /ICH/ in Mongolia. Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar hosted the 2016 Sub-Regional Meeting for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Northeast Asia under theme of the Role of the Media in Raising Awareness about Intangible Cultural Heritage. It was the second edition of dialogues on the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Northeast Asia sub-region, with a focus this time on media engagement. The meeting was a positive affirmation of all five countries’ (Mongolia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, People’s Republic of China, and Republic of Korea) resolution to foster constructive Intangible Cultural Heritage safeguarding methods following their unanimous ratification of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. A line up of activities for the event included an experience sharing session provided by field experts on the extent to which media can be utilized to raise awareness about a country’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, and also a dialogue on building media networks within and across the region in support of this same goal. Total of 391 ICH have inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Northeast Asia have received 93 certificates for ICH, in part Mongolia has got – 13, Japan - 22, China - 38, South Korea - 18, North Korea – 2 certificates.