Key concepts in the Convention Unit 3 PowerPoint presentation

Defining the community concerned

• Under the Convention, ‘communities, groups and individuals concerned’ means those who participate in the practice or transmission of the ICH element, and consider it to be part of their cultural heritage.

• Kuresi in Kazakhstan
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Relationship between an element and the community concerned

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• Communities, groups and individuals concerned

• ICH

• Creation, practice and transmission; stewardship

• Sense of identity and continuity, enjoyment,
• self-respect, sustainability, income generation

Relationship between an element and the community concerned (scope)

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• Communities, groups and
• individuals concerned

• ICH

• Cultural space of Boysun District, Uzbekistan
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• Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
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• Spring procession of ljelje/kraljice (queens) from Gorjani, Croatia
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• SAFEGUARDING

Safeguarding concepts

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• Safeguarding means ensuring the viability of ICH (Article 2.3)
• Threats to viability are current problems hampering the enactment and transmission of the element
• Risks are anticipated problems

• Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek
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