Thailand plans to obtain more UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage besides Songkran
Thailand recently concluded the Maha Songkran World Water Festival 2024, also known as the Songkran Festival, with vibrant cultural displays, grand processions, and historical performances celebrating the country’s rich heritage.
Tourism and Sports Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol highlighted the festival’s significance as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage event, inviting people from around the globe to join in the festivities.
The festival showcased traditions from 16 provinces, captivating visitors with its colorful processions. Thailand now aims to designate Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Chon Buri, Samut Prakan, and Nakhon Si Thammarat, renowned for their unique traditions, as “Intellectual Property Festivals,” further promoting and preserving their cultural heritage.
The Songkran festival, held from April 11 to 15, 2024, served as a testament to Thailand’s commitment to safeguarding its intangible cultural treasures while fostering cultural exchange and appreciation on a global scale.
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) refers to the practices, expressions, knowledge, skills, and traditions that communities, groups, and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Unlike tangible cultural heritage, such as monuments and artifacts, intangible cultural heritage is transmitted from generation to generation and is constantly recreated by communities in response to their environment, interactions with nature, and history.
UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, adopted in 2003, aims to safeguard and promote intangible cultural heritage worldwide. The convention defines intangible cultural heritage as encompassing oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge about nature and the universe, and traditional craftsmanship.
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list includes elements nominated by countries that demonstrate their significance and the efforts to safeguard them. This list helps raise awareness about the importance of intangible cultural heritage and encourages international cooperation for its safeguarding.
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