| Description |
The intangible cultural heritage of the Tajik people has seen a long history of formation and development and has grown in multiple ways and expressions and forms. These intangible cultural forms have always played significant functional role both in the everyday life of the people in past and today. The Research Institute of Culture and Information (RICI), located in Dushanbe city is the first and basic institute where the requirements and goals of 2003 Convention are implemented. RICI is engaged in the study and research of national culture, the problems of library science and the country's media. The researchers of this Institute currently work on six scientific projects; one of them is related to the intangible cultural heritage, which is titled "The current state of intangible cultural heritage in the country: problems and prospects", duration of which is 5 years, from 2016 to 2020.
In 2017 in the RICI was founded "Center of Cultural Heritage of the Tajiks", which now employs 10 researchers. They are conducting research mainly on the intangible cultural heritage. One of the priorities of this Center is the identification, inventory making, and preparation of the nomination files and the study of the intangible cultural heritage of the people of Tajikistan. In this direction, the main goal of the Institution is to contribute to the preservation and dissemination of the intangible cultural heritage of the population of the country. |
