Asia-Pacific’s cultural heritage platform launched
KUCHING: The International Information & Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP), which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has established an online information-sharing platform called ICHLinks. ICHLinks, an international digital portal that provides information on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific region, was officially launched on Thursday in a […]
Submit our ‘pua kumbu’ too
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has been urged to also submit state’s traditional heritage pua kumbu under the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) category of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) next year alongside the Sarawak songket. Tun Jugah Foundation chairman and Dayak Cultural Foundation managing trustee Tan Sri Datuk Amar Leonard Linggi Jugah […]
Ministry to study setting up of secretariat
KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac), in collaboration with the Malaysian Association of Arts and Culture Activists Kuching (Macpa), will study and evaluate the establishment of an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) secretariat here. Motac Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the establishment of this new body is aimed at proposing artistic […]
