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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

Gabon, Kenya and the Seychelles strengthen safeguarding efforts through International Assistance projects September 19, 2019
Through projects aimed at supporting communities in the identification, enhancement and safeguarding of living heritage, Gabon, Kenya and the Seychelles have made major progress in safeguarding the living heritage present in their country.…
The Republic of Colombia and UNESCO formalize their cooperation for the organization of the 14.COM September 13, 2019
The Colombian Foreign Minister and UNESCO have signed the host country agreement for the organization of the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, due to be held from 9 to 14 December 2019.…
An international conference on living heritage gathers in Paraguay and calls for harnessing the power of intangible cultural heritage for the development of intersectorial public policies September 4, 2019
The Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an intersectoral development of public policies, gathering August 2019 in Asunción, Paraguay, highlighted the intersectoral dimensions of intangible cultural heritage and the role of training in contributing to the strengthening of public policies.…
Haiti commits to strengthening institutional capacities to safeguard its living heritage August 19, 2019
Forty-two participants from government, civil society and communities gathered in Port-au-Prince in July 2019 for two workshops to strengthen Haiti’s national capacities to safeguard its living heritage.The objectives of the two workshops were defined in consultation with the National Bureau of …
In memoriam of Stephen Chifunyise August 16, 2019
UNESCO’s Living heritage entity is greatly saddened to announce the loss of one of its most dedicated cultural expert and facilitators in Africa, Stephen Chifunyise who passed away on 5th August 2019 in Harare. Stephen Chifunyise played a prominent role in the development of cultural policies in Botswana, …
Uzbekistan reinforces teachers’ capacity to integrate living heritage in schools August 16, 2019
The new priority on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education is gaining ground thanks to strong collaboration between the Culture and Education Sectors at UNESCO. Several field offices have now launched concrete activities on living heritage and education, including …
Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Cities: Wrap-up workshop in Kingston August 13, 2019
A wrap-up workshop of the project “Community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage” was organized last July in Kingston, Jamaica five months after its launching. Since March, members from three communities of Kingston were invited to join capacity building workshops on community-based …
George Town’s urban communities inventorying their living heritage with the support of UNESCO August 12, 2019
Kumar Munieswaran (left on the picture), a young martial art practitioner, member of the Nillaikalakki Silambam Association in George Town, Malaysia is one of the 30 local facilitators trained by UNESCO to inventory their living heritage. Once trained, Kumar interviewed the Grandmasters and members of …
Celebrating indigenous peoples’ living heritage on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples August 9, 2019
Indigenous peoples hold a rich diversity of living heritage, including practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills that continue to be relevant and provide meaning in everyday life. The practice and transmission of this heritage contributes to the ongoing vitality, strength and wellbeing …
University networking on living heritage advances in Asia and the Pacific August 5, 2019
From 22 to 25 July 2019, a four-day workshop on ‘Capacity Building Workshop on Linking 2003 Convention and University ICH programs’ was held in Shanghai, China to reinforce university networking in Asia and the Pacific. Universities that are part of the Asia-Pacific Higher Education Network for Safeguarding …