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March 14, 2017

Benefits of Watching TV

One of the most common facets of entertainment that we enjoy even up to know is the Television or TV shows. Regardless if the internet has been ‘consuming’ most people, for instance the emergence of social media culture and things like that, TV has remained very influential in terms of news, entertainment and things like that.

Some of the parents are concerned with their kids’ excessive intake of TV shows, that’s why a lot of them are necessarily regretting the emergence of TV and its shows. However, there are actually a lot of benefits one could get from watching TV shows. Some of the most important being awareness of global news stories, finding new places to travel around the world, discovering new technologies etc… Here are some more benefits you might experience:

March 10, 2017

Why Theater is Important

There are a lot of art works that are being celebrated even up to now, regardless if how old these works are. Some of these are inclined on the visual arts- paintings, sketches and the likes, others are on performing arts theater, music and others. Theater is one of the most common form of art that is still into existence even up to now.

However, because of the existence of movies, social media and other innovations of technology, theater and other performance arts’ appreciation has been slowly declining. Because a lot of people do not necessarily know the value of the art, some of us are very complacent about it.

Listed on this article are the things why theater is still important in this generation.

March 3, 2017

The Importance of Popular Culture

Everything in the modern world reflects popular culture. Our music, the arts, the movie we watch, everything that we continuously consume today are forms of pop culture. Popular culture is a form of culture in which it is being continuously mocked and criticized as something which is senseless and illogical.

However, it is of primary importance to know what this culture is being identified as, as well as its uses in various ways.

Follow the News published by UNESCO on Intangible Cultural Heritage

A new network of young cultural heritage professionals emerges from a UNESCO/EU project
“Heritage it is an inherent part of our identity. It is a way to understand each other better” mentioned Victoria Kelly, one of the participants to the European Young Heritage Professionals Forum that gathered young practitioners with a background in both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Participants …
Guatemala concludes capacity-building cycle for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in its territory
This week concludes the training of the main Guatemalan actors related to ICH: national and municipal officials, as well as bearers and representatives of civil society. From April 25 to 27, the last of six training workshops will be held in Guatemala City in the framework of the project on Strengthening …
In Zambia, the International Assistance project to safeguard Kuyabila poetry begins June 7, 2022
The International Assistance (IA) project ‘Inventorying of Kuyabila of the Tonga ethnic group of Zambia’ begins with two preparatory meetings involving local communities. It aims at supporting the viability of Kuyabila, the poetry of the Tonga people, which is threatens by the ageing of practitioners. …
5 June: join the Living Heritage Entity in celebrating World Environment Day June 1, 2022
Held annually on 5 June, World Environment Day is celebrated by millions of people across the world. The celebration of this day is an opportunity to highlight the different ways in which living heritage contributes to the protection of the environment, and the interdependence between the two.…
New publication coordinated by UNESCO Office in Montevideo on living heritage and social inclusion May 25, 2022
A new publication emphasizing the strong links between intangible cultural heritage and social inclusion in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is being launched. Coordinated by the UNESCO Office in Montevideo, the publication features case studies of activities, projects and programmes implemented by …
Young practitioners in Toba, Indonesia, lead the post-pandemic recovery May 19, 2022
Update on the pilot project Recovery of living heritage from the COVID-19 pandemic: Ulos weavers and Gorga sculptors in the Toba region being implemented in Indonesia.…
Community-based needs identification underway for living heritage among displaced communities from Ukraine May 16, 2022
Community-based needs identification is ongoing for living heritage safeguarding amongst five neighboring countries receiving high number of Ukrainian displaced communities: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.…
Countries of Central America and the Caribbean come together to safeguard their Afro-descendant living heritage May 12, 2022
UNESCO, together with the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America (CRESPIAL), a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO will support a safeguarding strategy in Central America and the Caribbean.…
UNESCO welcomes Nicaragua and Panama as members of CRESPIAL May 5, 2022
Nicaragua and Panama have recently joined the list of the participating countries in the Category 2 institute and centre under the auspices of UNESCO (C2C) Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America (CRESPIAL), which has now reached 18 members in the region. …
A new UNESCO brochure on living heritage and emergencies May 2, 2022
UNESCO has published a new brochure titled ‘Living Heritage and Emergencies’, in English|French|Spanish. It outlines UNESCO’s action based on the “Operational principles and modalities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies”.…