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

The Nôm-Dao script constitutes a system of old scripts used by the Dao people to record the way in which they pronounce the Han script, which is connected to their cultural and ritualistic practices and quite different from the language the Dao people use in their daily life today. Because the Nôm-Dao script is so difficult to read and write, few Dao people are actually capable of understanding the texts and reading old documents and prayer books in the rituals of the Dao, and most of these people are now very old.

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.

I come from a small village called Danyore. It lies across the river Gilgit in the outskirts of the regional Capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. My forefathers migrated to Danyor from Ali Abad Hunza and we are ethnically known as Burusho of Hunza.\nI feel very happy to share some aspects of our intangible heritage through photos I took on different occasions. I do not have all the photos with me as I live in Islamabad these days because I work at Lok Virsa, which works towards preservation, documentation and promotion of both tangible and intangible heritage of Pakistan.\nI am very glad I am sharing whatever photo collection I have. I will share photo about a spring festival we celebrate in Hunza and birth rituals.\nHunza is a mountainous valley located in Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is situated in extreme Northern part of Pakistan that borders China.\nPhotos shared are showing festival of Ginani and facial care give to new born.\nGinani is annual crop harvesting festival celebrated in valleys of Hunza and Nagar. General date being 21 June, that coincides with the longest day of the year.\nBaby's facial hair are removed with wheat dough and later a mask of a stone powder made with mothers milk is applied on baby's face. It is believed babies grow to have a glowing skin and less facial hair. Facial hair are usually removed between second week of birth until first few months.

I come from a small village called Danyore. It lies across the river Gilgit in the outskirts of the regional Capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. My forefathers migrated to Danyor from Ali Abad Hunza and we are ethnically known as Burusho of Hunza.\nI feel very happy to share some aspects of our intangible heritage through photos I took on different occasions. I do not have all the photos with me as I live in Islamabad these days because I work at Lok Virsa, which works towards preservation, documentation and promotion of both tangible and intangible heritage of Pakistan.\nI am very glad I am sharing whatever photo collection I have. I will share photo about a spring festival we celebrate in Hunza and birth rituals.\nHunza is a mountainous valley located in Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is situated in extreme Northern part of Pakistan that borders China.\nPhotos shared are showing festival of Ginani and facial care give to new born.\nGinani is annual crop harvesting festival celebrated in valleys of Hunza and Nagar. General date being 21 June, that coincides with the longest day of the year.\nBaby's facial hair are removed with wheat dough and later a mask of a stone powder made with mothers milk is applied on baby's face. It is believed babies grow to have a glowing skin and less facial hair. Facial hair are usually removed between second week of birth until first few months.