Stakeholders
Nepal
ICH Stakeholders 10
Organization
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Mahaguthi Craft with Conscience
Mahaguthi is a nonprofit handicraft producer, wholesaler, retailer and exporter that support Nepali traditional crafts communities and a community social service organisation. Mahaguthi markets the handicrafts of more than 1,000 Nepali artisans working in 150 workshops. Most of the artisans are from remote and mountainous areas; among them 85 percent are women who use traditional craft skills while working in their own home. Mahaguthi's focus is to promote the well-being of artisans, to provide employment and to embrace and promote the principles of fair trade. Artisans receive medical and education allowances, paid leave and maternity leave.
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Nepali Folklore Society
Nepali Folklore Society (NFS) was established in 1995 as a non-profit academic organisation to promote folklore and folk life studies in the country. The Society has established a mode of folklore studies, disseminated the Nepali concepts of folklore studies and established wider contacts with the folklore societies and scholars from both within the country and abroad. As part of the same process of establishing a wider forum for folklore studies the Society has organized First International Folklore Congress in Kathmandu in 2001, Second International Folklore Congress in Kathmandu in 2003, Third International Folklore Congress in Kathmandu in 2009, Fourth International Folklore Congress in Kathmandu in 2012 and a National Folklore Congress in Kathmandu in 2006. The society collects materials related to folk culture and organizes workshops for the promotion and safeguarding of folklore. They mention that the intangible cultural heritage of Nepal is very much in practice today and not in threat of being extinct and the main responsibility that people have is to be aware of these cultures which are possible only by the dissemination of the documented knowledge.
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Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center
The Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center is founded on the idea of preservation and promotion of indigenous cultural heritage, particularly that of the Tharu as one of Nepal’s largest and most marginalized ethnic groups. The organization is working on the preservation of Tharu culture and arts and community development through museum collections. In addition, they are conducting research on Tharu tradition, literature, arts, legendary stories, songs, festivals, rituals, as well as their indigenous knowledge, technology, and skills.
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Gandharba Cultural Art Organisation
This organisation represents the traditional Gandharba music community, a community of occupational caste musicians, functioned as the sole organised means of information and entertainment for the numerous isolated communities across the mountains of Nepal. The Gandharba Cultural Art Organisation (GCAO) is a non-profit social organisation based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Since 1995, GCAO has endeavoured to keep the Gandharba traditions alive, and to improve their economic and educational status. They have plans of documenting the tradition as well as promoting it as they feel it is endangered. The GCAO represents the Gandharba in many rural districts of Nepal, such as Gorkha, Lamjung, Tanhun, Chitwan, Dhading, Palpa, Bhojpur, Dhang and Kaski, and is currently reaching out to incorporate further districts where Gandharba communities reside.
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