According to the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, intangible cultural heritage (ICH), or living heritage, is knowledge, skills, and know-how, such as performing arts, festivals, traditional environmental knowledge, and handicraft transmitted through the generations in communities who recognize it as ‘part of their cultural heritage’. ICH practice is dynamic; practitioners evolve their knowledge and adjust their practices and production over time as needs and circumstances change.3 ICH practice is rooted in the history and cultural identity of local communities and practitioner networks, which safeguard the ICH, transmit it, and share knowledge and skills with others through formal and non-formal education pathways.
UNESCO – Banque Mondiale (2021)
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