Materials
leafs
ICH Materials 10
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Pwo Ceremony_Bracelet "Rou Rou"
Bracelet "Rou Rou"\n\nThe bracelet made from young coconut palm leave to be tied on the wrist of each student to be initiated. A small herbal medicine wrapped in a piece of cloth also accompanied the palm leafs bracelet. Both items are put on with specific chants to empower the items as protection charms.
Micronesia -
Pwo Ceremony_Weaving tatch roofs from coconut leaves
Weaving thatch roofs\n\nOnce the structure is in place, the community gets involved in weaving thatch roofs. Men would climb coconut trees, pick the fruits, and cut few leafs. The coconut fruits are given to the weavers.
Micronesia -
Khmer Script - Sastra
Apprentices including monks write the script on the palm leafs
Cambodia -
Pwo Ceremony_Collecting thatch materials
Collecting thatch materials\n\nSeveral materials can be collected for thatch roof, however, the easiest and most available is the coconut leafs. Here again, is the idea of given the simple tasks to the younger kids who are learning these skills from very young age. Here, the young kids will collect the coconut leafs and take them to the elders who will weave them as they observe. In so doing, the kids are picking up the skills and at some point will start weaving the themselves.
Micronesia -
Zuun tsaast hozor /cards with hundred leafs/
Zuun tsaast khőzőr or Card with hundred leafs, is one of the intangible cultural heritage elements that were being transmitted for hundreds of years in the Uriankhai ethnic group. According to people, this game of card with hundred leafs was invented for declining the gambling games of Manchu and the ordinary card game. This tradition has its own specific rules. People play this game from December 22 to until spring comes (from the beginning to the end of the nine 9 of Mongolian winter). Herders keep their livestock in the fence early, and play this game in the long nights of the winter. Before start the game people who are joining in this game will wash their hands, and get blessing from card, and then hosting person will open the game. Uriankhai people play this game for checking the luck of that year, and to remove the all the bad energies and for inviting the every good things and happiness to their life.
Mongolia -
Zuun tsaast hozor /cards with hundred leafs/
Zuun tsaast khőzőr or Card with hundred leafs, is one of the intangible cultural heritage elements that were being transmitted for hundreds of years in the Uriankhai ethnic group. According to people, this game of card with hundred leafs was invented for declining the gambling games of Manchu and the ordinary card game. This tradition has its own specific rules. People play this game from December 22 to until spring comes (from the beginning to the end of the nine 9 of Mongolian winter). Herders keep their livestock in the fence early, and play this game in the long nights of the winter. Before start the game people who are joining in this game will wash their hands, and get blessing from card, and then hosting person will open the game. Uriankhai people play this game for checking the luck of that year, and to remove the all the bad energies and for inviting the every good things and happiness to their life.
Mongolia -
Zuun tsaast hozor /cards with hundred leafs/
Zuun tsaast khőzőr or Card with hundred leafs, is one of the intangible cultural heritage elements that were being transmitted for hundreds of years in the Uriankhai ethnic group. According to people, this game of card with hundred leafs was invented for declining the gambling games of Manchu and the ordinary card game. This tradition has its own specific rules. People play this game from December 22 to until spring comes (from the beginning to the end of the nine 9 of Mongolian winter). Herders keep their livestock in the fence early, and play this game in the long nights of the winter. Before start the game people who are joining in this game will wash their hands, and get blessing from card, and then hosting person will open the game. Uriankhai people play this game for checking the luck of that year, and to remove the all the bad energies and for inviting the every good things and happiness to their life.
Mongolia