The term pastellessa represents an extraordinary combination of food, culture, music, and folklore, an expression of the people of Macerata Campania. It’s a term with a very rich history and tradition, relating to the celebration of a religious event: the Feast of Sant’Antuono (St. Anthony the Abbot).

The Inle Lake is the second largest freshwater shallows in Myanmar, located on the western edge of the Shan Plateau of the eastern part of the country. The estimated surface area is 44.9 square miles and the highest elevation is 2900 feet (880m). Inle Lake is a major tourist destination in Myanmar, attracting tourists by the picturesque beauty of the lake surrounded by mountains, houses standing on poles in the \nlake, beautiful floating gardens, and the cultural practices of the Intha fishermen. The main ethnic people of Inle Lake are Inthan while Pa Oh, Taungyo, Kayan, and Shan people also add to its diversity. \n\nThe people who live in Inle Lake are called Intha (people of lake). They live on the shore and on the lake, making a living by fishing, engaging in handicraft activities, cultivating on floating gardens as well as on \nthe delta of the lake. For transportation, the Intha people use wooden boats; for long trip they use long tail boats with engines, carrying local passengers and goods. Small boats are used for their daily activities.\n\nThe main economy of Inle depends on cultivation and fishing. The unique style of the Intha people is rowing the boat with one leg by standing. They paddle this way because reeds and water plants are many \nin the lake, and if they row sitting down on the boat they could not see reeds and water plants. There is no gender for this rowing style, from an early age; people are trained to paddle with their feet. \n

The question of how to apply integrated approach in ICH safeguarding is a fundamental issue in implementing the 2003 Convention. It also entails further questions not only for intangible heritage field, but also other relevant cultural heritage fields.\n\nThis session aims to find out the best method of integrated approaches from the viewpoint of ICH safeguarding within the framework of the 2003 Convention. Such aim will require a discussion of the intangible value of tangible heritage and an inquiry of the tangible elements of ICH by looking into various case studies of 'cultural spaces’.\n

Inventories are a fundamental tool for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH). In its “Guidance Note\nfor Inventorying ICH,” UNESCO reiterates the importance of community participation in the inventorying\nprocess. In other words, ICH inventories must go beyond mere documentation of specific elements by experts and instead enable a collaborative process whereby the information gathered assists with keeping the ICH meaningful and viable for associated communities. Digital media offers exciting opportunities for engaging communities in ICH inventory processes, as well as in modeling information in ways that help heritage professionals, advocates, and practitioners gain a more nuanced view of an element’s viability. In this paper I present two digital tools, Photovoice and Arches, that can assist community-based inventories to identify and document the complex cultural “ecosystem” that ICH lives through.

The Yakan is one of the major ethnolinguistic groups of the Philippines. Among the Yakan of Basilan in Mindanao, Philippines, instrumental music is given much importance. For instance, the kwintangan, an instrument of five to seven bossed gongs laid in a row, are used for courtship and celebrations.

Homegardens are traditional systems that combine agriculture, forestry, and livestock and provide economic, environmental, and social benefits for the householders. These agroforestry systems are often cited as the epitome of sustainability, yet the scientific community has long ignored them. Today, however, these age-old systems are receiving increasing attention owing to their potential to mitigate environmental problems such as reduced biodiversity and rising levels of carbon dioxide while providing economic gains and nutritional security to their owners.

Seong-Yong Park talks about the importance of ICH for the sake of sustainable development along with the characteristics of Silk Roads region. He also discusses the various Information and networking programs ICHCAP has implemented in collaboration with Central Asian nations, especially nations along the Silk Roads, showing ICHCAP’s interest in developing projects along the Silk Roads. At the same time, He proposes to develop a broader network targeting the Silk Roads region with upgraded functions of sharing information and building networks. In addition, he argues that for better opportunities for future collaborations, establishing a Silk Roads ICH Network would be a meaningful journey through cooperative and multilateral partnerships among the stakeholders to recreate the glory of the Silk Roads through ICH.

Nowadays, tug-of-war has become a popular traditional game and loved by many communities in Vietnam. Both children and adults love playing this game since it doesn’t require many particular skills or training and doesn’t limit the number of participants. Tug-of-war today is played in dif-ferent cultural and social events in youth camps, student gatherings, and traditional festivals as well as during Tet Lunar New Year celebration in Vietnam. In a traditional tug-of-war game, players are divided into two teams and stand opposite along a string (normally a bamboo cord or a jute rope). A red piece of cloth marks the middle of the cord, which is positioned parallel to a line drawn on the ground that separates the two teams. After a signal (either a whistle or a hand signal) from the referee, players tug the cord as hard as possible to pull the red cloth towards their side. For every match, both teams receive great cheer from surrounding spectators.

For revitalize local crafts after COVID 19 pandemic, Joseph Lo proposes that in order to build greater resilience for the crafts sector to mitigate against future crisis, it is imperative to strengthen the linkages of craft products not only with other sectors but within the cultural system which it was initially made for. Focusing on the two case-studies - one in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Joseph Lo suggested a new approach to prevent negative consequences of future global crisis.

Bangladesh and a significant part of South Asia possess a vibrant and thriving medical pluralism. Medical pluralism has been turned into an intrinsic feature of its medical system in historical and contempo-rary contexts (See, Rashid, 2017, Misra, 2010, Leslie, 1980, Banerji 1981; Sujatha 2003, Sujatha& Abraham, 2009). Multiple medical systems such as Biomedicine (the term used for allopathic medicine), Ayurvedic, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Naturopathy, Kaviraji and other folk traditions are widely practiced in this region for primary health-care. Traditional medical practices (TMPs) involving the use of different medicinal plants vary greatly from place to place, region to region and community to community, as they are influenced by factors such as economy, culture, religion, education, ethnicity and environment. The cultural phenomena of super natural belief also plays a significant role in building different perceptions among different rural and ethnic om-munities on various statuses and conditions of their health, as many of these people view their illness as possession by evil spirits. Visits to shrines or shamans (a person who acts as an intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness) for folk methods of healing, are still observed in many places. Research shows that whether educated or not, rich or poor; some people still use folk medicine for specific diseases.

Textile printing is the process of printing flowers, ornaments on cotton or silk fabric (chitgarlik) by hand using carved wooden stamps. This applied art has existed in Central Asia since ancient times and stems from the region’s cultural and commercial interaction. The art of textile block printing traveled along the Silk Road and flourished in the villages and towns of Central Asia.

Symplocos paniculata of symplocaceae was found to be used by Serigang community under Punakha Dzongkhag. The seed of the species was widely used for extraction of oil. There appears to be a smaller number of people who make medicines in the village. The production of Pangtse makhu is on a steady decline because of the availability of a cheaper alternative. Due to heavy work and little return, most of the trees are being cut to make way for other cash crops. Although the village is equipped with modern amenities, people still depend on forest for goods and services. Ethnobotany is still apparent in every item and situation that make up their everyday life. From this study prospects of an ethnobotanical\nplant have been found in kabjisa geog. It also suggests that rural folks should also be considered as an important source of information about the use of ethnobotanical plants. The effort in this study may provide benefits for future researchers in other parts of the locality.