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Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Student Program, Traditions

Ralli: Quilting craft of Lahore

November 8, 2016September 28, 2017

The term Gypsies of a Lahore has come to describe people of different regions of Punjab/Pakistan and settled in the city Lahore with more opportunities …

Arts and Crafts, Discover, Heritage, Industrial, Traditions, Underwater

Indonesia’s flower craft : The versatile water hyacinths of Banyu Biru

November 8, 2016January 18, 2018

At noon, the fog still surrounds Rawa Pening at the Ambarawa Basin,??the origin of the best quality water hyacinth in central Java, Indonesia. The plants …

Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Religious, Student Program, Traditions

Lithuanian Traditional Cross Crafting

November 7, 2016November 7, 2016

Last week I had the grand opportunity to take part in the sixth Advisory Forum organised by the Institute where I currently work: the European …

Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program, Traditions, Urban

Paducah Kentucky, A UNESCO Creative City

November 4, 2016January 18, 2018

Every year when I was a kid, my family and I took the drive from Florida to Missouri during the holidays. That 18 hour road …

Arts and Crafts, Best From Our Students, Best of 2016, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program, Traditions

Matryoshka: Origin and symbolic meaning

November 4, 2016October 14, 2017

During my last travel, I went to Russia. I bought the most popular Russian souvenir: the Matryoshka. Everyone knows what a Matryoshka is?but do you …

Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program, Traditions

Ohrid Pearl and the 80 year Old Secret of Their Creation.

November 4, 2016November 6, 2016

The Ohrid pearls are one of the trade marks of Ohrid ,and are very famous in Europe and all over the world. They are very …

Arts and Crafts, Food Heritage, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program, Traditions

Rumbullion of Venezuela

November 4, 2016January 24, 2017

The main producer world wide of Rum is in Latin America. My time in Venezuela for the last nine weeks was great and I got …

Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program, Traditions

Unrecognised Egyptian Intangible Heritage: Mats

November 2, 2016November 2, 2016

Traditional crafts and craftsmanship is considered one of intangible cultural heritage forms (UNESCO, 2003, n.d.-b). ?Crafts are deeply embedded in the culture? (Klamer, 2012, p. …

Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program, Traditions

Hand-Woven Artisan Cotton Textiles from the Gamo Community of Southern Ethiopia

November 2, 2016November 4, 2016

The characteristics of craft as defined by Donkin (2001: 5) are of a certain type of object made by hand, using?tools and having functional necessities, …