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Persian Garden Institute
for Living Heritage

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE, A LIVING HERITAGE.
BORN OF TRADITION, WITH CONTEMPORARY MEANING

Intangible cultural heritage comprises the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills that individuals and communities recognize as part of their heritage. It also includes the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces that are specifically associated with it. It is a living heritage, transmitted from generation to generation and is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment. It represents an important social, cultural, economic, and even environmental resource for people around the world and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity.

Global reflection on the listing mechanisms of the 2003 Convention: a series of expert meetings just ended

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A series of expert meetings organized in the framework of the global reflection on the listing mechanisms of the 2003 Convention ended yesterday. Launched by the Intergovernmental Committee at its thirteenth session in 2018, this ongoing process led to discussions within the Committee in 2019 and during the General Assembly in 2020. The reflection continued with an…

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Eram Garden. Shiraz. Fars/ Photo by Borna_Mirahmadian-shutterstock
Eram Garden. Shiraz. Fars/ Photo by Borna_Mirahmadian-shutterstock
Fin Garden. Kashan. Isfahan/ Photo by Fotokon-shutterstock
Shazdeh Garden. Mahan. Kerman/ Photo by arazu-shutterstock
Dolat Abad Garden. Yazd. Yazd/ Photo by Borna_Mirahmadian-shutterstock
Fin Garden. Kashan. Isfahan/ Photo by Emily Marie Wilson-Shutterstock

PERSIAN GARDEN

The Persian garden design dates from the 6th century BCE and, over time, it has developed a diversity of models adapted to different climatic conditions. Always based on four parts, the Persian garden represents ancient philosophical principles and symbolizes the four Zoroastrian elements of sky, earth, water and plants. Water also plays a central role, not only for irrigation but also providing beautiful sounds, aesthetic quality, and the sensation of cool air. In addition, the traditional Iranian skills of carpet-weaving have created various Persian garden designs featuring trees of life, birds and animals, curling vines, flowers, and so on.

Dr Janet Blake presenting the Keynote Speech entitled

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Dr Janet Blake presenting the Keynote Speech entitled “Living Culture, Identities and Sustainable Community Development – Taking a Human Rights-based Perspective to Community Participation” at the International Symposium “For Everyone” organized in Edinburgh (Scotland) by Museums and Galleries Scotland (a UNESCO accredited NGO) on 4 November 2015. Present in this symposium were representatives from NGOs…

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Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan

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This carpets on display belongs to a group known as “Polonaise.” Produced during the reign of Shah ‘Abbas I (r. 1587–1629), these carpets were not only enjoyed in Iran but also made for export to Europe, where they came to be mistakenly identified as Polish (Polonaise). The floral and saz-style ornament in this rug is…

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All information concerning the operation of UNESCO’s Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), the work of the governing bodies (the Intergovernmental Committee and the General Assembly), the international lists and inscribed elements, capacity-building, and other related programmers can be found here.

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This NGO Forum is a body representing non-governmental organizations working in the field of intangible cultural heritage worldwide which are accredited to the intergovernmental committee of the Convention for UNESCO’s Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003).

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The Intergovernmental Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic resources and Folklore has been examining ways of protecting the intellectual property rights of holders of traditional cultural expressions and knowledge since 2000.

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