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Free standing dry-stone-walling at Matendera, and the crown of the kopje from which the granite used to build the monument was sourced.

Traditional performances during the Matendera festival.

Traditional dances performed by school children from nearby schools.

Preparation of traditional foods.

Delrick Holland, Wilurarra Creative Studio, 2010.

Tjarlirli by Esther Giles, 2016. This painting is of the waterholes and sandhills of Esther Giles’ traditional country around Tjarlirli.

Purrungu by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis, 2016. This painting is of the country around Purrungu which was created by the Kutungu Woman in the Tjukurrpa

The WDVA team documenting sand storytelling in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

Katrina Giles and Joella Butler using a storywire.

Graphic elements in a sand story, representing people (‘U’ shapes), a fire, artefacts, and an enclosing shelter. Drawing by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis.

Joella Butler, 2013. ‘Tjalaku – Going for honey ants in the Toyota’.

The next link in the chain of transmission: Bak Songhui, boyuja of National Intangible Cultural Property No. 5 Heungboga (2002–2017).

The originator of the lineage - poster for a concert commemorating the birth of Bak Rokju, the first boyuja of National Intangible Cultural Property No. 5 Heungboga (1971–1979).

Vermont maple syrup.

Barbecued meats, Texas.

Hula performance, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Nansemond tribal members recognised by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1985.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2002.

Donald Chosa Jr. Traditional rice gathering in Minnesota, Mark Sauer.

Preparing for local ceremony, Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia.

Hot 8 Brass band at a New Orleans funeral.

View from the outside of a first-generation unit, 1950s. Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre.

Interior of a unit in the 1950s. Hong Kong Museum of History.

A glimpse of the interior of a 1960s unit, Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre.

Footage from our shadowing-capture, from both the stationary and handheld cameras.

A screenshot from our VR simulation.

An example of a dovetail joint.

A comparison between the real object (left) and our 3D model (right).

Footage from the video viewing, with the joiner viewing our edited shadowing footage on a laptop and commenting on it.

Puppetry research conference presentation.

Fieldwork, Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Workshop with puppetry stakeholders in Norwich.

Fieldwork and in-depth semi-structured interviews, Edinburgh International Festival.

Duri persimmons, Wanju-gun, Gosan-myeon, Daehyang village.

Cotton clothing, Bibong village, Gyeongcheon-myeon, Wanju-gun made by Yeoung-sun Yu (80 years old).

Wedding vow written by Jae-deok Kim, 1959.

Group interview at Gujae Village Hall in Gyeongcheon-myeon, Wanju-gun.

A jak-du, Juk-dong Village, Hwasan-myeon,Wanju-gun, owned by Bang-rye Kwon (84 years old).

Cotton clothing, Bibong village, Gyeongcheon-myeon, Wanju-gun made by Yeoung-sun Yu (80 years old).

Hemp pants made by Chun-chak Yi (81 years old) Sungjae village, Gosan-myeon, Wanju-gun.

Some examples of present-day Cracovian nativity scenes.

Some examples of present-day Cracovian nativity scenes.

Some examples of present-day Cracovian nativity scenes.

Some examples of present-day Cracovian nativity scenes.

Museums in the programme built partnerships with community organisations.

Ritual music, Jongmyo jeryeak

Verandah at Gilan Rural Museum in Iran.

Ritual music, Jongmyo jeryeak

Puppets in the Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino.

Carnival of Binche

Traditional cooking demonstration at Gilan Rural Museum in Iran.

Young Ute tribal member in traditional garb speaking to the audience about theimportance of the tree to her heritage.

The Grandfather Tree just before being cut down. According to newspaper reporter Kelly Slivka … it was still green at its crown and stood quietly in the still air with hummingbirds and doves moving through it’s canopy.

Remains of the Grandfather Tree killed by the Delta Historical Society.

Enshrined portion of Grandfather Tree in front of Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Headquarters.

The Blue Mari Lwyd, Walthamstow, organised by Lucy Gibson

The first appearance of a new Mari Lwyd, 2017. Unusually, this example, rather than being tied to a specific location or community, was the work of an individual enthusiast. The loss of connection between the Mari Lwyd and a 'home' could mark another step in the evolution of the tradition.

The Llanfihangel Tor y Mynydd Mari Lwyd (left), hosting two additional Mari Lwyds in 2017. The appearance of multiple horse's head effigies at Mari Lwyd 'events' has become an increasingly common element of the tradition.

A cardboard flat pack Mari Lwyd, constructed and organised by the Spring Heeled Jack band, performed at the London Welsh Centre and nearby venues.

The Blue Mari Lwyd, Walthamstow, organised by Lucy Gibson

A series of datags and stonewalls rising in a series of terraces in Sitio Cabalawan, Barangay Tabayag.

A corn farm (in a wide datag) in Sitio Cabalawan, Barangay Tabayag.

A paril (stone wall structure) built to collect eroded soil.

Personal objects at the exhibition Francis.

The cloister in the Museum Catharijneconvent.

One of the places to meet experience experts.

The 'albergue' turned out to be a popular meeting point for visitors at the exhibition Pilgrims.

Sharing stories at the exhibition Women in the Spotlight.

Personal objects and stories at the exhibition Francis.

The Treasury in the Museum Catharijneconvent.

Exterior of the Museum Catharijneconvent.

Sharing stories at the exhibition Women in the Spotlight.

Views of the exhibition I care!, a showcase exhibiting personal items.

Shared stories.

Combination of contemporary pilgrims' attributesand cultural historical objects from the Pilgrimsexhibition.

Yam mounds made by the contestants.

Tubers of yam and jars of palm wine to entertain the contestants.

Tethered ram to be won by the most resourceful labourer.

A masquerader adorned with the eya ebule trophy on both arms.

Offerings found at Five Mile Spring.

The Entrance to Catstair Canyon.

The pilgrims’ first view of Kavaicuwac.

View of Kavaicuwac with Kavaicuwac Paayuxwitse in the Foreground.

Left: photo of an OmuHimba woman. Right: 3D model of the OmuHimba woman.

An OvaHimba bracelet with an augmented reality application.

Left: photo of a traditional OvaHimba dwelling. Right: 3D model of the dwelling.

Left: photo of a traditional OvaHimba dwelling. Right: 3D model of the dwelling.

Uriaieke taking photos of his wife while being provided with shade by one of the researchers.

Uriaieke taking a photo of an OmuHimba woman in front of a traditional dwelling.

A tiger or cat shaped lion mask.

The lion and all the players.

A devil-faced lion mask.

Visiting houses on the first full moon day in 2016.

Fishermen catching webfoot octopuses in the morning ebb tide.

View of Wangpo and Gomso Bay at the ebb tide.

Sea foam on the rising tide early in the morning in summer.

Fisherwoman catching akiami paste shrimps near the coast at the low tide.

Fixing crab nets after fishing in the morning.

Dock at low tide.

Gathering clams in the morning ebb tide.

Calendar with tide information provided by NACF.

Fisherwoman carrying a skimming net with shrimps in her hand.

A scene in the Knives, Scissors, and Swords Museum of the ACMC.

A scene in the Fan Museum of the ACMC.

An exhibition at the Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum Master Workshop ofthe ACMC.

Two artisans making a pair of scissors in the WorkmanshipDemonstration Pavilion of the ACMC.

A showcase in the Umbrella Museum of the ACMC.

Some of the finished products on display at the Cyprus Handicraft Centre.

Mare Nostrum and Lefkaritiko [oil on canvas and cotton thread] by NitsaHadjigeorgiou.

Some of the finished products on display at the Cyprus Handicraft Centre.

Julia Astreou-Christophorou with some of her work.

The 2015 Lefkara embroidery short course of the Cyprus National Commissionfor UNESCO.

Examples of Julia Astreou-Christophorou’s work displayed at her workshop-cumshowroom.

The Lefkara embroidery workshop at the Cyprus Handicraft Service building.

A tablecloth with the river design (potamos) dividing it into sections, filledwith floral and geometric designs.

Traditional hair style.

Traditional performers in West Africa.

Traditional designs from Igbo Land, Nigeria.

Toghu cloth is the traditional cloth worn in the Northwest region of Cameroon.

A musician plays traditional African music during the closing ceremony ofFrench RECAMP-concept (reinforcement of African peacekeeping capacities) inDouala, 23 November 2006.

Traditional musical instruments (wooden flute, drums, gongs) in West Africa.

Traditional sculpture from Cameroon.

Toghu cloth is the traditional cloth worn in the Northwest region of Cameroon.

From left to right: dried argan fruits, pits and kernels.

Pressing is consistently kneading the dough until the emulsion separates from the solid dough. The emulsion is then decanted and filtered

Argan trees are frequently climbed on by goats.

Pits have to be cracked open with a hammer stone to retrieve the kernels inside.

A pounder and an anvil are needed for de-pulping.

Berber women milling, pit-cracking and pressing are depicted on a cooperative’s wall.

Argan oil soaps and moisturisers are popular souvenirs for tourists.

Oil extraction machines produce argan oil efficiently.

Photo of the social media and activation campaign ‘#ikschrijfgeschiedenis' by which NGOtapis plein sensitises for ICH and cultural diversity (Fanfare De Vieze Gasten - Ghent).

Nubian musician playing the traditional Nubian instrument - kisir

The First Nubian Culture and Tourism Festival brochure

Traditional Nubian house painting

The Nubian Languages and Culture Project launch poster

ELAR archive homepage – a digital repository for Nubian documentation

Lake Nubia/Nasser, part of the Nubian submergence area created by the Aswan High Dam. Many ancient Nubian towns, villages and places are drowned under these waters.

Stone tablets moved from the Confucian graveyard and exhibited in the museum.

Spatial pattern of Zhao Mu clusters in Confucius’ graveyard.

The spatial dimension of aura shown in Confucius’ graveyard.

Kong Qinghe walking among the five tombstones of his immediate ancestors, ranked in Zhao Mu order along the 400-year old spatial-temporal footpath.

Red Guards smashing the stone tablet in front of Confucius’ tomb.

Confucius inscribing words on Chi-cha’s stone tablet.

Performing the Courbette, Cadre Noir, France.

Eleves at work, Spanish Riding School, Austria.

Squires and dressage horses assembled, Cadre Noir, France.

Horse in training, Cadre Noir, France.

Homecoming of the Colts , Spanish Riding School, Austria.

Oke Maria site in Oka Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.https://plus.google.com/100557817261797835372/posts/QUqHp5Haj1J

Charm nailed to the bark of a Milicia excelsa tree in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Olumo rock, Abeokuta.

ICHNGO-Forum at Windhoek on 29 November 2015 (the day before the 10th session of the ICH Committee): 'Towards a Code of Ethics for ICHNGO’s'

ICHNGO-Forum at Windhoek on 29 November 2015 (the day before the 10th session of the ICH Committee): 'Towards a Code of Ethics for ICHNGO’s'

Head Table at the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 Convention, Namibia.

A young Saaz-e-Kashmir player from Ramzanjoo Gharana.

Sufiana artists playing the Tabla and Sehtar from Qaleenbaft Gharana.

The Barbados Landship plaiting the maypole at far right is Lord High Admiral Vernon Watson, in front of him is Captain Elton Greaves.

These dancers perform the Landship at the Crop Over Awards ceremony in 2013.

The Pinelands Creative Workshop children performing Landship at NIFCA.

The Barbados Landship performing its naval manoeuvres.

The Barbados Landship performing the maypole in theCity of Bridgetown as seen in this 35th anniversarycommemorative stamp.

The Mascarados of Pirenópolis in 2013.

The Lavras do Abade conflict in 1887.

The Mascarados of Pirenópolis in 2013.

Okiti Akpuriagedege Oshimiri - the masked-spirit house.

Sacrifice in session at the square.

The shrine of Oshuru.

Odegwo deity.

Three Views of an Oware game board from Ghana, West Africa.

Two Barbadian master players of Warri in Speightstown.

Oware Board game in Tidjikja, Mauritania.

Three Views of an Oware game board from Ghana, West Africa.

Barbados, men playing Oware.

Oware players in Kumasi, Ghana.

A panel discussion about heritage archives in progress during a community theme day.

Children and community participants at a digitisation workshopat the Gallen-Kallela Museum.

Artefacts, ephemera and ICH on the Haloo Akseli digital archive.

Archive of contemporary artefacts from the community,accompanied by personal narratives.

Participants and audience gathered in the Light is History‘contact zone’ in Hakaniemi Market Square, Helsinki.

A member of the community submitting a personal history associated withAkseli Gallen-Kallela.

The ran and teterva.

Chor.

Chuskor house.

The wooden barrier.

The grow and theu.

The splendour of spring in Córdoba: water and flowers.

Transmitting knowledge to future generations. From grandparents to grandchildren,almost like a game, any family occasion in the patios is perfect for transmittingthe essence and values of the Fiesta of the Patios.

Preparing for the festival. The cultural space where the Fiesta is celebrated and prepared - the Cordovan patios - is created from one day to the next, through inherited tradition and the creativity of individual residents.

Participating in the festival.

Different types of flowers on display in a patio.

Participating in the festival. The Fiesta of the Patios, the unique result of thesymbiosis between community and nature, announces spring every May and recallsits values: hospitality, respect, equality, solidarity and sustainability.

Participating in the festival.

The Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) was said to ...make a great noise withtheir wings when angry, and the noise is something like thunder in thedistance. (1891)

Whales entering rivers intentionally, possibly to rest or to get rid of marine parasites in fresh water, may have been a more common phenomenon in the past. This humpback whale calf and its mother entered the Sacramento River, California in 2007.

The Imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) which threw himself over on his tail, with outspread wings, presenting a warlike front of threatening beak and talons. This pair are displayed in the Naturhistorische Landessammlung Wiesbaden, Germany.

The ‘peculiar manners’ of Erythromachus leguati included the phenomenon that If you offer them anything that is red, they are so angry that they will fly at you to catch it out of your hand. Only its bones survive. (1879)

Whale skeletons found in Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt, give us an insight into these creatures’ anatomy but their behaviour remains unknown to us.

The Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) is also known as the ‘Ghost of the Forest’. Its calls are echoed in the traditional songs and dances of New Caledonia.

The angels and the name ‘Maria’ at the altar.

An example of a Belen featuring the whole Christmas story and other importantevents in the life of Jesus Christ.

One of the author’s informants, now in her 50s, as a ‘flower angel’.

A Carroza depicting the scourging of Jesus Christ at the pillar.

The skulls of sacrificed mithuns are hung on the walls of houses to demonstrate the wealth of the household.

Idu children in traditional dress.

An Idu kitchen.

An Idu woman at her loom.

Mayan names.Photo: by permission of Eva Chaire, October 2013.

Mrs Rosa Yam showing a hipil.

Covering the earth oven to cook the pibipollos.

Cleaning and dressing the bones.

Image of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

Bones exposed at the cemetery in a family ossuary. Photo: by permission of Eva Chaire, October 2013.

Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

The dough is wrapped in banana leaves.

Silk dyed with natural dyestuffs.

A young woman learning to weave.

A Jor or bamboo basket with tiny holes to hold silk cocoons.

Reeling the silk from cocoons.

Woman feeding silkworms with mulberry leaves.

Surachote Tamcharoen teaching a woman to dye with indigo.

A Serbian folk-shoe or opanak.

Rug making demonstration and workshop.

Rug making at Pirot, Biznis & Finansije, January, 2015. Source: http://bif.rs/

Kosovo embroidery. Photo: Sasa Srećković.

Upright loom, Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade.

The process of making opanak.

A Pirotski Kilim - a traditional Serbian carpet, Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade.

A Xiushan lantern.

Dazu rock carvings.

A Xiushan lantern painted with flowers. This is actually the name for a performance that includes songs, music, dance and drama. The performers carry painted lanterns and wear colourful costumes. The tradition dates back to the Tang and Song dynasties and was inscribed on the list of Chinese ICH in 2006.

Ornamented wooden panel carved using traditional techniques and tools.

Master and apprentice carving the motifs on the wooden panelusing traditional techniques and tools.

Ornamental marble column carved using traditional techniques and tools.

Master and apprentice drawing motifs on the flat wooden panel.

Ornamented niche carved in tuff stone using traditional techniques and tools.

Student carving the capital of a marble column using traditional techniques and tools.

Building master working on the model of the carved-out settlementin tuff stone using traditional techniques and tools.

Opening of the second ICCN Festival.

Tango performance at the first ICCN Festival.

Street parade at the Gangneung Danoje festival.

The International Women's Forum at the second ICCN Festival.

Jojeonje morning ritual at the Gangneung Danoje festival.

The ICCN Conference.

Ceremony at Neak Poan – praying for rain, day 1 of the ceremony.

Neak Poan and its water basins.

Detail of the 9th century Bampenh Reach spillway which directed water to the Capital, Roluos (later to Angkor) showing details of the grooves in the laterite blocks.

Fishing in the North Baray.

Tourists boating on the North Baray.

Neak Poan and its water basins.

Fishing in the North Baray.

Angkor Wat, aerial and general views.

Nezha’s style is very diverse as his followers are very creative in dressing him.

Children like having their photos taken with Nezha.

Sometimes followers invite Techno Nezha to join in their celebrations.

Techno Nezhas riding motorcycles through the streets.

Nezha dressed in children’s clothes.

Techno Nezha patrolling the street wearing modern dress.

Nezhas wearing big modern triangular glasses.

Techno Nezha dancing to heavy electronic dance music.

On the way to visit the shrine after Eid prayers.

A congregation attending Eid prayers.

A local boat building yard.

Showing the enduring relationship the Suakinese have with the sea.

Locally made, vibrantly coloured boats.

Irrigation channels in a multi-crop garden.

A farmer shows water flowing into the general reservoir from which distribution begins.

Irrigation channels in a multi-crop garden.

A farm worker redirects the flow of water by closing off a channel with old rags.

An improvised garden majlis for meetings of the farming community.

A closed community meeting to discuss the division of an electricity bill.

Detail from The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) by Pieter Bruegel I (oil on panel).

The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) by Pieter Bruegel I (oil on panel).

Wedding Banquet (1567) by Pieter Bruegel I (oil on panel).

Children’s Games (1560) by Pieter Bruegel I (oil on panel).

The Village Kermis (1567), also known as The Peasant Dance, by Pieter Bruegel I (oil on panel).

Impression of the semi-rural township of Inanda, north of Durban (eThekwini Municipality).

Screenshot of eNanda Online, English version of homepage.

Filming a practice session of the Inanda Mass Choir, Mzinyathi area, Inanda.

Audience at the Ulgii Festival in 2012.

A tamed adult golden eagle.

The eagle ‘recall’ contest at the Ulgii Festival in 2012.

2-week old eaglet captured by S-11.

Kok-Bal (traditional wrestling on horseback) at the Ulgii Festival in 2012.

Local shops selling traditional arts and crafts at the Ulgii Festival in 2012.

A male student (UAEU) showing a hard copy of an online article on Emirati folk heritage.

Members of the Abu Dhabi Authority of Culture and Heritage (ADACH) conducting a workshop on Intangible Heritage as part of International Heritage Day.

De Luca’s Restaurant in Pittsburgh on a Sunday morning.

The Bar Mataderos, adjacent to the site of the well-known Feria de Mataderos in a working-class neighbourhood of Buenos Aires: recognition of its heritage value has not affected the décor.

The main entrance to the New York Public Library at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, with one of its two famous lions.

A food stand at Bogotá’s Festival de Chicha offers fritanga, a traditional dish that combines potatoes and plantains with blood sausage and other meats.

Bogotá’s San Alejo flea market is patrimony of cultural and touristic interest: the sign even says so.

A memorial in the sidewalk marks the spot where Cecilia Viñas and Hugo Penino lived and were kidnapped and ‘disappeared’ by Argentina’s military dictatorship on July 13, 1997. About 250 victims of oppression have been similarily commemorated by the organisation Barrios X Memoria y Justicia.

Books, coasters, and leaflets are part of the marketing support the government of Buenos Aires provides for bars, cafés, and other establishments judged to have heritage value.

Plantation Fair at the Crop Over festival. An enthusiastic audience looks on as the masked Donkey Man and masked Mother Sally dance to the music of the Bum Drum band.

Special Issue of commemorative stamps for the 1975 Crop Over Festival. This shows a masked Donkey Man and masked Mother Sally dancing to the music of the tuk band.

Villagers in an open space/pasture being entertained by a masked stilt walker and band and a lady dancing to the music,1880s.

Special Issue of commemorative stamps for the 1975 Crop Over Festival. This shows a Landship crew dancing the maypole to the music of the Landship tuk band.

Mr. Harding burns at the end of the Crop Over festival.

‘Spot and Pull’ Tuna Trap of Conil (Cádiz), 1765. Hand-drawn map where the stages of this kind of fishery are explained. The actions and tasks involved are represented in a two part sequence (the first operations are drawn at the top, the following ones at the bottom). The look-out towers (torres vigía) are shown.

Quema [burning] de Juan y Juana festival (St John’s Day) has traditionally marked the end of the inbound fishing season. It is still celebrated today by the group of workers from Huelva province employed at the Zahara de los Atunes fishery, in the town of Barbate in Cadiz province.

Tuna fishing - a reflection by Salvador Dali on the struggle between Man and Nature along the Iberian Mediterranean coast. (304 x 404 cms)

Elaborate sash for a kimono.

Yarn-dyeing at Nishijin.

Sash with traditional design.

Kimono display at Nishijin.

Haar in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.

Haar over Aberdeen city centre and Town House tower.

Haar on the Forth Rail Bridge in Edinburgh.

Logo of the Barbados Tourist Authority.

Catch of flying fish.

Fillets of flying fish.

Boat with screelers and gill net.

A four-winged flying fish.

Fish processor at Oistins fish market.

‘Den-Mark’ logo.The right side of the logo states that it is a ‘traditional craft product appointed by the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry’. Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama Square website.

A piece of Kijoka-no-Basho-fu woven on a loom.

At the Bingata artist event, Sachiko Yafuso (right), a craftswoman, explains how to make Bingata.

Entitled ‘Wearing Kijoka-no-Basho-fu, blessing nature: Toshiko Taira, a Living National Treasure’ (author’s translation). This article describes some production processes and records an interview with Taira about her work and techniques.

Cover of Kimono-salon, Spring 2011, featuring a popular TV anchor-woman in a kimono.

The Digital Heritage Zone in Second Life.

Virtual reconstruction of Newport Ship located in the submerged part of the Medieval Newport Virtual Museum in Second Life.

Flavius Rufinus, Centurion of the Second Augustan Legion interpretative guide to Caerleon.

The South Wales Centre for Historical and Interdisciplinary Research’s virtual home in Second Life.

Casgliad y Werin Cymru/ People's Collection Wales Hub on the Digital Heritage Zone in Second Life.

Raglan Under Siege - digital content options available through the Layar augmented reality application.

Raglan Under Siege 1646 – a historical augmented reality trail.

A visit to Gijisi Juldarigi Museum in Korea reveals some extraordinary safeguarding methods, both digital and manual, for a folk game, a form of Tug-of-war.

Demonstration of fine ramie weaving, Hansan regon in South Chungcheong Province. Photo: Seocheon County Hall.

Angklung Buhun played by the residents of Kanekes Village, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Komiža.

Three boats burning in front of St. Nicholas' Church.

Wooden boats chosen for incineration on the beach at Komiža.

Burning a wooden boat outside St. Nicholas Church (est. c.1000 AD)

The statue of St. Nicholas being carried in procession.

Diwali.

Holi in the meadow.

The mambabasa (chanters) chanting the Passion of Christ in front of the images of the non-processional Santo Entierro (left) and the Nazareno of the Tercera Caida(right).

The carrozas that carry the images waiting in the courtyard of the church at Cabiao before the start of the procession.

The Nazareno of the Tercera Caida being prepared for the Holy Wednesday procession.

The silver carroza of Saint John is decorated with lotus flower motifs.

The silver carroza of Our Lady of Sorrows being prepared for the Holy Wednesday procession.

The carroza of the Santo Entierro is decorated with sampaguita garlands in preparation for the Good Friday procession.

Windy clouds over Mount Montseny.

Wind from the land (Vent Terral).

Wall of cloud in the east.

Windy day seen from the fishing boat Tramuntana.

Two fishermen in the tavern at the Port of Arenys.

Calm sea.

Bedhaya Pankur danced at Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah, Surakarta, Indonesia, on June 28th, 2007. The blumbangon formation which depicts a battle scene.

Srimpi Gondokusumo danced at SMKN8 (SMKI), Surakarta, Indonesia on November 26th, 2006.The first part of the music in which the dancers all face the same way.

Bedhaya Pankur danced at Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah, Surakarta, Indonesia, on June 28th, 2007. The end of the performance showing the Mangenjali posture.

Srimpi Gondokusumo danced at SMKN8 (SMKI), Surakarta, Indonesia on November 26th, 2006. In srimpi choreography, two dancers are seated on the floor in a silent scene called a sirep.

Srimpi Gondokusumo danced at SMKN8 (SMKI), Surakarta, Indonesia on November 26th, 2006. The Tawing movement in which dancers maintain the face-to-face formation.

A falconer wearing traditional dress, on horseback with his eagle.

The opening ceremony of the 2012 Golden Eagle Festival.

Scanning the countryside for prey, 2011.

An eagle with the fox it has just caught.

Browse by lexical category within semantic field.

Browse by vocabulary level (weighting).

A scene from the field research project on the Dolgan language in Yakutsk, Sakha.

Center for Language Diversity – the ASK REAL digital archive.

A performance by one of the participating groups on the stage in the exhibition.

A space where visitors could listen to versions of Arirang.

A display of products which bear the brand name ‘Arirang’.

The chanting procession, with the women, taking part, going to the exhibition hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.

Agostinho Eibajiwu and Ailton Meri Ekureu sing and dance around the human remains in the entrance hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.

Liberio Uiagomeareu, Kleber Meri Tororeu and Orlando Kuira preparing the human remains for the chanting ritual in the entrance hall of the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures.

The chief chanter, Helinho Kuruguga, performing the Roia Kurireu (the great chant).

Boy trying out a new accordion at the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio.

Juan Tejeda shows off the annual institution he created, at the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio.

Two musicians informally jamming at the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio.

Large pieces of quartz are baked in the kiln, then broken into tiny pieces and sieved to obtain fragments of three different sizes.

Lavishly decorated pots are rarely produced, but they reveal the exquisite work that the women artisans can produce. (Pot from the collection of the Museu de Arte Popular)

Nisa’s inlaid ceramics were traditionally used for water, but nowadays they are produced mainly for decorative purposes.

Large pots take a long time to decorate, so they are wrapped in plastic to ensure that the clay will not dry out too quickly.

Press conference in Zagreb at the Croatian Ministry of Culture in 2009, on the occasion of the inscription of seven intangible heritage elements on the ICH Representative List of UNESCO.

Child’s toy from the Zagorje region, Croatia.

Mr. Vilko Kukec, a trough maker from the village of Selnica Gornja, Croatia

Exhibition opening at the new Centre for Traditional Crafts in Ptuj, Slovenia.

Vhavenda drummers at a cultural performance.

Sangoma Savumisa, a traditional healer performing a ritual.

A ritual performed by elderly women.

A ritual performance by Vhavenda women.

Detail of George Price's regular Quaker Sweat ritual site.

George Price and young Quakers assembling the framework for a Quaker Sweat Lodge Philadelphia yearly meeting. 2009

A covered inipi from a new age ritual in Italy.

Children dance and play music alongside adults.

Teachers and children march wearing their headbands.

Tourists learning to paint Patachitra at the POT Maya festival in village of the Patuas.

Bakoni craftwork on display in the museum

Kiprop Lagat, Wend Wendland, Ole Tingoi and Ann Tome discuss documentary training methods and aims during the cultural documentation field school at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress;

Ole Tingoi (right) interviews a vendor at the Sunday farmers’ market in Durham during fieldwork exercises for the cultural documentation field school at the Center for Documentary Studies.

Ann Tome prepares to use the digital audio recorder provided by WIPO at the opening ceremony of the Community Cultural Documentation programme;

Maasai community members, including Ole Tingoi (centre) at the hand-over of IT equipment from WIPO to the Maasai community as part of the Community Cultural Documentation programme;

A newly refurbished tea-house in the delta town of Xinchang. Tea-houses were popular sites for the performance of storytelling and songs in the imperial era.

Trainees Edwin Kisio, Ole Tingoi, Ann Tome and other members of the Maasai discuss documentary techniques with Guha Shankar and Tom Rankin during the Community Cultural Documentation training programme;

Zhu Hairong, taken at the Wuxi Culture Bureau.

‘Duck Village’ (Yacheng), Dongting, believed to be the original site for Wu songs in antiquity.

Fresco technique workshop in Alamos. Artwork by Elena Valdes.

Making dye from Haematoxylum brasiletto.

Making dye from Erythrina flabelliformis.

Creative blacksmithing produced by Terry Drennan

Master blacksmith Terry Drennan working at the Cobb+Co Museum

Student using traditional hand-powered gem-cutting machine

Kim Walmsley modern indigenous artist working on a project at the Cobb+Co Museum

Lyn Swann teaches lead lighting at the Cobb+Co Museum

Barge Painter’ ‘People of the Thames’ Exhibition.

Blacksmith’ MERL Spectacular 2008.

Barge Painter’ ‘People of the Thames’ Exhibition.

Hurdle Makers'

Dwennimmen.This is a symbol of humility and strength, wisdom and learning.

An adinkra symbol saying Nyame, biribi wo suru na ma me nsanka, meaning, “God, there is something in heaven, let me receive it."

Obi nka obi, “no one bites the other” meaning, friends must live in peace.

Mate masie, signifying wisdom, knowledge and prudence.

Akuapem Omanhene Stool representing past Okuapehenfo, Akropong, 2001

Cast brass in a proverb ‘funtumirefunu denkyemmirefunu’ is also a symbol of unity in diversity.

An adinkra symbol saying Onyame nwu na me awu, meaning,“God does not die therefore I shall not die."

An Adinkra symbol saying Obi nforo owo antwere nsan, meaning, ”no one climbs the ladder of death and returns.“

Abofraba tsew muko a oka n’enyiwa, meaning “when a child picks peppers it gets into its eyes,”

Young musician performing in a Northumbrian Smallpipe competition in Alnwick, Northumberland

Bugundang-gut in Bamseom, Shaman carries steamed rice cake on the her head

Musicians performing regional folk music outside the city of Newcastle

John Ole Tingoi and Anne Tome Sintoyia receiving training from Chris Sims, CDS, on the use of camera equipment, CDS, September 2008.

John Ole Tingoi facilitating the WIPO and ILO consultation with the community, Il Ngwesi.

A view of some of the traditional homesteads of the Bakoni people.

Cultural demonstrators performing a traditional dance at the museum.

The Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. It is adjacent to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The voice and intangible heritage of the people who live on it is yet to be understood. A partnership with the Cua Van project is being envisaged.

Relaunching ICOM South Africa in May 2007 at the Cradle of Humanity World Heritage Area, Jatti Bredekamp speaking passionately about the importance of locating First Voice in post colonial African museums.

Elsie Sheppard emphasises the centrality of the First Voice of rural women in running the Pioneer Women’s Hut museum, Glenroy, NSW, in the Snowy Mountains of Australia.

Young novices in the National Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Can we bring the living heritage of Buddhism, collections and places together?

Ralph Regenvanu facilitating the drafting of the PIMA Code of Ethics in Canberra, Australia, February 2006.

Part of the Dark Room (Cosmocentric System) exhibition, showing some Zodiac constellations

An early 1920s telescope observatory building: part of MAST’s historic site and collection.

Mekaton, a ceremonial hat of the Kapayo of southern Para. It shows what they knew of the sky and of their mythical origins.

Students studying the unit on the Sun in the outdoor exhibition

Interactive exhibit in the Astronomy exhibition showing the sky as seen from the southern hemisphere

Guarani representations of some of the constellations of their sky on the wall of a village school.

Aerial view of part of the MAST site showing five of the historic telescope observatory buildings

The Opi (house of praying), the most important building: this is the heart, both social and religious, of any Guarani village.

A sky-wheel: one is found in the house of every Wayana (a group living in Amapa, north of Brazil).

The Guarani School, Tekoa Itatim, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro.

Kitsune dance on a dashi.

A wooden festival wago, or dashi, in front of its shed in Ishioka

Hyottko dance on a dashi.

Jerusarema dance movements

Examples of Jerusarema material culture

Diagram showing part of the UK’s Moving Here -200 Years of Migration Network.

One of Nampeyo’s pots showing a unique design that has never been repeated, Oslo collection UEM13602.

The mangrove reserve at the Red Sea shore

Ottoman fort exhibit at Quseir

Information about the Ababda in the Map House

Ababda describing the EDAPP collection

Drinking Gabana with the Ababda

Paintings on a cardboard house

The Beyt Ababda

Time line presenting the development of Afrikaans in the media

Huge scrabble board

Map of the world indicating the roots of Afrikaans

The name of holiday homes, pinned like washing on a line

Plaster poetry: words and letters with magnets to build sentences or poetry

Place names ending with-fontein

An immigrant tells a story about a family heirloom.

Each exhibit was accompanied by a relative short story which was written by the students.

The pair of golden earrings.

An immigrant student describes the trip of an immigrant who travelled from Skiathos to United States in 1895.

An immigrant informant narrates her own life story in the school class.

National festival of folk traditions

Traditional folk art academy from Romania

National Olympiad for children traditional folk crafts

National Olympiad for children traditional folk crafts

The Fair of Romanian folk artisans 2003

Jeju Island, Korea: general scenic view

Layout of the exhibition space.

Tuvalu skirt

Tongan, Niuean and Samoan dance costumes worn at Polyfest.

Belau dance costume in the foreground

Eharo masks

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Women of the Bo-Kaap community in conversation with anthropologist, Gerald Klinghardt, at an event focused on using historical photographs in Iziko collections to elicit memories of the Bo-kaap.

Detail from the San rock paintings in the Linton Panel. This figure provided the basis for the central motif in the South African Coat of Arms, acknowledging the cultural heritage of San hunter-gatherers and their descendents.