4. Cord and ironwood stake at tug-of-war ground & The rattan cord will be tugged back and forth through a ironwood stake' s hole. Rattan cord used in Hương Canh tug-of-war festival must be at least 45m in length and has a diameter of 3-4cm

9. Tug-of-war of Giáy ethnic minorities in Lào Cai province at Xuống đồng (starting a new crop festival)

2. Tug -of-war of the Việt people in Hữu Chấp village, Bắc Ninh Province: In preparing for the tug-of-war festival, the village chose wealthy young men and “unstained” families and divided them into two team: East and West

7. Tugging the cord back (in Hương Canh festival , the Việt people in Hương Canh village, Vĩnh Phúc Province)

10. Tug-of-war of Tay people at Lồng Tồng (starting a new crop) festival in Lào Cai province

3. Tug-of-war of the Việt people in Hữu Chấp village, Bắc Ninh Province After all rituals were finished, tug-of-war started. Two teams, East and West, competed in three rounds; whoever win two rounds are considered the winner. If the winner is East team, villagers believe that they are going to have a good crop and vice versa. East team always was arranged to be a winner of the game.

8. The ironwood stake at the tug-of-war ground of the Việt people in Long Biên District, Hanoi City

5. The village senior who marks the scale, the main referee of 2013 Hương Canh tug-of-war matches of the Việt people in Hương Canh village, Vĩnh Phúc Province

Tugging rituals and games are widely practiced by communities in rice cultivation culture in East and Southeast Asia, with a desire for good weather, good harvests or predictions related to success or failure of a crop. The scale of organizing tugging rituals and games, either at local or national level, depends on each member country. Tugging rituals and games of Vietnam are concentratedly practiced in the midlands, Red River Delta and North Central known as the cradle of wet rice civilization in such provinces as Vĩnh Phúc, Bắc Ninh and Hanoi city where the Việt people have been residing for a long time. In addition, the element is practiced regularly by ethnic groups such as the Tày, the Tai and the Giáy of Lào Cai province in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam, who were inherently rice farmers in history.

Dances in Fanpai are normally accompanied by the lusheng (a musical instrument with multiple bamboo pipes), mangtong (a single-bamboo free reed wind instrument) and wooden drums. Among various dances, the Wooden Drum Dance is the most popular among both performers and audiences.\nWooden Drum Dance shows are usually held in the village square. The dance opens with an intense, well-arranged and energetic drumbeat to which young men and women, wearing gorgeous Miao costumes, swing and sway. The dance features powerful, wild and primitive movements and an imposing style, reflecting the indomitable will and tenacious life force of the Miao people in this mountainous area. It is hard for people today to comprehend the fact that such a grand art form was created by Miao ancestors who were just ordinary farmers.\n\nNote : The text above is an excerpt from the article provided by the China Culture (http://en.chinaculture.org/)

The Festival aims to make Gaziantep one of top-five gastronomy destinations. In addition, Gaziantep is the first city from Turkey in UNESCO Creative Cities Network. As this festival is fully supported by local community, this feature of the festival may contribute to the community-related aspect of the network. With one million visitors from all over Turkey and abroad annually, Gaziantep International Gastronomy Festival has significant power and potential for the development of cultural tourism and visibility of ICH. Gaziantep’s cuisine culture, which has been shaped by the local producers’ choice of local products, has reached an international vision through this festival. Chefs with Michelin stars, representatives of other UNESCO Creative Cities Network, representatives of the national and foreign press, universities, gourmets, writers, agricultural producers and farmers got together in this festival. So that, the festival is a remarkable destination for cultural tourism and visibility of ICH.\n\n

While primitive forms of early agriculture on the territory of Uzbekistan emerged in the late Stone Age, the emergence of irrigated agriculture dates back to the beginning of the II millenium B.C., and can be observed on the territory of Bactria (present-day Surkhandarya region). Based on great experience and methods gained through studying the agriculture delicate fenologic observations were discovered. Specific agriculture traditions and ceremonies were also formed. Having passed successfully through frosty days and waited impatiently for warm spring days, farmers, gardeners and cattlebreeders carefully prepared for large-scale agricultural works (i.e. prepared their ploughs, harrows and horses, repaired carts, made tools ready for usage). Thus, for centuries, agricultural knowledge and skills have been accumulated, which is transmitted from generation to generation.