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The Task of Inventory, Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience from Vietnam
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Manage No DI00001211 Country Republic of Korea Author Le Thi Minh Ly (Director, The Center for Research and Promotion of the Cultural Heritage of Vietnam) , Le Thi Minh Ly 
Published Year 2013 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | In Vietnam, activities aimed at the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage date from a much more recent period than the protection of tangible cultural heritage. This delay of over half a century in the development of preservation policies for intangible cultural heritage has been a big loss, which in some cases cannot be redressed. Because of the limited awareness of the full value of intangible cultural heritage, many ordinary people and culture owners have ceased practicing and transmitting their traditions. This has meant that there have been no inheritors to many traditions. Many oral heritage elements have disappeared forever, even from popular memory. The rapid change of socio-economic conditions has led to many changes in the spiritual and cultural life of communities. In the past, some intangible cultural heritage elements were considered backward or superstitious or belonging to the culture of the feudal class. As a result, culture bearers disavowed their heritage or were compelled to renounce their traditions. There are some social customs, forms of folk knowledge and technical skill that have become altogether extinct without any possibility of restoration or revival. | ||
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