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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

Survey reveals a diversity of university programmes in Southern Africa working on intangible cultural heritage February 6, 2019
A recent survey of universities in Southern Africa acknowledged that a diversity of disciplines are integrating intangible cultural heritage including culture, heritage, archaeology, tourism, history, indigenous knowledge systems, theatre and African languages.…
Lebanon launches pilot project on intangible cultural heritage and education January 28, 2019
On 18 December 2018, UNESCO Beirut, in partnership with the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO, launched a pilot project called ‘Learn with the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a sustainable future’ that targets Lebanese public and private schools that are part of UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project …
Comoros strives to strengthen its legislative framework for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage January 17, 2019
The Ministry of Youth, Sports, Professional Integration, Arts and Culture of Comoros and the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa co-organized from 20 to 22 November 2018, in Moroni, a national workshop for the elaboration of a strategic review document to strengthen the legislative framework for …
Ghana developing an enabling environment for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage January 10, 2019
Following the fieldwork in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Cape Coast to identify the needs for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Ghana, the UNESCO office in Accra organized a needs assessment validation workshop on 13 and 14 December 2018…
Heritage, education and youth: UNESCO and the European Union launch a new project January 7, 2019
Under the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, UNESCO and the European Union teamed up to develop a new project strengthening the connections between heritage, youth and education. The project has two main components: the first one aims to bring intangible cultural heritage into the classroom, while …
Colombia to host next Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2019 December 20, 2018
The next annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from 9 to 14 December 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia. This decision was taken in Port Louis, Mauritius at the close of the thirteenth session of the Committee, which brings together …
Thirty-one new elements inscribed on the Representative List November 29, 2018
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Mauritius until 1 December, inscribed thirty-one elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Representative List seeks to enhance visibility for the traditions …
Seven new elements inscribed on the List in Need of Urgent Safeguarding November 28, 2018
Meeting in Mauritius until 1 December, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, inscribed this morning seven elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent …
Traditional Korean wrestling listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage following unprecedented merged application from both Koreas November 26, 2018
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Port Louis (Mauritius), has decided to inscribe traditional Korean wrestling, ssirum/ssireum, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, on the basis of a joint application …
Facilitators’ network supports countries to implement the Convention November 24, 2018
UNESCO’s facilitators are central to the success of its global capacity-building programme. Since the creation of the network in 2011, UNESCO’s facilitators have provided training and advisory services in more than 100 countries and delivered more than 250 workshops around the world. A roundtable side …