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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:

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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.

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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.

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Follow the News published by UNESCO on Intangible Cultural Heritage

Community-based inventorying and digital documentation of intangible cultural heritage in the Lamu World Heritage site November 9, 2018
The UNESCO Office in Nairobi, the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO and the National Museum of Kenya organized a community-based inventorying workshop from 8 to 23 October in Lamu, Kenya. The workshop, facilitated by a UNESCO-trained intangible cultural heritage facilitator, strengthened the capacity …
Major strides made in strengthening safeguarding capacities in Eritrea November 7, 2018
The project “Strengthening the capacities of Eritrea for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” made major strides towards raising safeguarding capacities on a national level. Three capacity-building activities were organized between 2014 and 2018, equipping …
New Edition of the Basic Texts available online in the six official languages of UNESCO November 2, 2018
The Secretariat of the 2003 Convention published online the 2018 Edition of the Basic Texts in the six official languages of UNESCO. This new edition contains updates resulting from resolutions of the seventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention (June 2018) as …
The 13.COM documents are now available online October 30, 2018
The complete set of documents has been published online for the thirteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on 29 October 2018. Available in the two working languages of the Committee (English and French), the documents can be downloaded …
UNESCO to explore the role of living heritage in the cities of George Town (Malaysia), Harare (Zimbabwe) and Kingston (Jamaica) October 22, 2018
A meeting held on 22 and 23 October 2018 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris will kick start the project ‘Community based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage in urban contexts’. The project seeks to contribute to the international debate on safeguarding living heritage in urban contexts with links …
Upcoming virtual conference on intangible cultural heritage in technical and vocational education and training October 19, 2018
From 29 October to 7 November, 2018 the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section and UNESCO-UNEVOC will co-host a virtual conference on ‘Integrating the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in technical and vocational education and training (TVET)’. The conference, which comes under the new …
19 October: deadline for the electronic consultation on the role of accredited NGOs under the Convention October 15, 2018
The deadline (19 October 2018) is approaching for the 176 accredited non-governmental organizations and the 178 States Parties to fill out the online questionnaire on the role of accredited NGOs under the Convention. This electronic consultation is organized as a first step in the reflection on the advisory …
Eritrea establishes a National Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage October 11, 2018
At its first meeting, the National Committee of Eritrea adopted an Action Plan for 2018 to 2020, which outlines the main actions to be undertaken for safeguarding Eritrea’s intangible cultural heritage, namely the implementation of safeguarding measures, elaboration of inventories and international cooperation. …
Young Nahuats from El Salvador contribute to the safeguarding of their living heritage October 9, 2018
From February 2017 to August 2018, 25 Náhuat youth from El Salvador, aged between 15 to 17 years old, participated in an inventorying exercise to safeguard their oral traditions. The project entitled ‘Titajtakezakan. Speaking across time, oral tradition and use of information and communication technologies’ …
The Republic of Mauritius and UNESCO formalize their cooperation for the organization of the 13.COM October 3, 2018
Following the decision of the Intergovernmental Committee last year to hold its thirteenth session in Port Louis, the Republic of Mauritius and UNESCO signed the host country agreement formalizing their cooperation and respective responsibilities for the organization of that session. …