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ICH Elements 7
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Toek-kroeung
“Toek-kroeung” is a popular dish because it is delicious and nutritious made from fish and eaten with a variety of fresh vegetables. The ingredients for making Toek-kroeung, there are not many, what is needed is fish (fish can have many kinds of preferences), prahok, lemon, garlic, sugar, salt, sesame or peanuts, sweet basil, long coriander, garlic, water. To make the dish, first, take the fish to boil or grill and remove all the bones and then mix it with other ingredients such as garlic, sugar, salt, and lemon. In order to make it tastier, mix the boiled fish with the boiled water, or you can take hot water can be used instead, and they take the steamed prahok and soak it in water. To make it even thicker, add sesame seeds or cooked peanuts, add chopped sweet basil, long coriander and garlic and sprinkle on top and taste or change as you like. As for vegetable of Teuk Kreoung, there can be many kinds according to the district, region and the preferences of the eater. Commonly include water convolvulus, water lily, Mimosa, Kamping Pouy, rice cucumber or Pha Or cucumber, Taiwan Bok Choy, Azadirachta Indica flower and leaf, Long bean, Trouy Rang, Plov Kongkeb, papaya, wax gourd, luffa gourd, banana flower, eggplant, sesbania grandiflora, and so on. Some of these vegetables can be eaten raw and some can be boiled or cooked.
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Bay Batabor (Ceremonial Sacred Offering)
Bay Batabor is one of the most important offerings among other offerings, as the old people in the fields often do when preparing offerings for various festivals, large or small, for example, birthday celebrations, funerals, Tes moha cheadok festival, and rainmaking ritual. How to make Bay Batabor may be slightly different from one to the next, it depends on the festival, community, or area. What we are sharing here is how to make rice cakes for cremation in Daun Ov village, Leang Dai commune, Angkor Thom district, Siem Reap province. First, they place ripe bananas and palm sugar which are wrapped in conical banana leaves in a bowl. Then take another bowl and place it on top of the bowl. On top of that bowl, there are 12 pieces of sticky rice and some spread sticky rice. Then, fold 12 banana leaves into a conical shape and put them around the 12 pieces of sticky rice. The top of the sticky rice bowl is called the middle part of Bay Batabor. It is where they place a banana corm right in the middle and they cover it with banana leaves in a conical shape. With that, they also put 12 areca palm nuts on it. On the top of the cone, there are 12 folded betel leave, 12 candles, champa flowers, yellow flowers, a paper bag of the dried areca palm, red and white paper flags, and riel banknotes. According to the elders who make Bay Batabor, they made the rice offering to put on the ceremony’s donation table. However, during the rain-making ritual at Neak Porn temple, the rice offerings are placed on the altar in front of other offerings. Before it can be placed on the table of the ceremony, those female elders, sit around the circle, make three rounds of Batabor bowls to dedicate to the Preah Shak muni stupa, and chanting for 3 times, “Tong Teng Kroleng Bopha Tok Moung Vey Bay Moung Va we are offering candle, incense, betel leaf and areca palm nut to Preah Shak muni stupa. The elders also mentioned that The Batabor rice bowl represents the mother’s body, and the 12 betel leave and the 12 candles represent the mother's breast, which has six holes in each side.
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The Balai or Ulai Dance
The origin of the Balai or Ulai Dance is unclear. However, it is believed that it has settled in Terengganu about 300 years ago. The existence of this dance in the Bukit Gemuruh Village in Hulu Terengganu revolves around the story of a couple who were farmers namely Tok Jambul and his wife Tok Senik with their child. Whenever To Senik lullabied her child there was an invisible voice as if reciprocating her quatrain. The voice invariably reciprocated Tok Senik’s quatrain when she continued quatraining while working in the paddy field. One day Tok Jambul dreamt meeting a man that told him that a genie wanted to jolly with Tok Jambul’s wife. The man directed Tok Jambul to plant upright a number of the pulai tree trunk and to sprinkle chanted flour around the tree using banana leaf, as well as reciting mantras. Eventually his paddy grew as well as fertile and the invisible voice was nowhere. Originally this dance is related to appeasing the spirit of paddy and performed by young maiden of the Bukit Gemuruh Village. The dance is accompanied by songs portraying the farmers’ happiness after obtaining the produce. The dance movements picture the farmers doing paddy field works. Colourful umbrellas that signify the spirit of paddy are placed in the middle of the stage and the dancers dance encircling the umbrellas. Paddy planting equipment like hoe, paddy harvester, and the farmers’ hats are turned into props.
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Burasak Rice
Burasak or Buras is well known among the Bugis who settle down in the Malay Peninsula since the 16th century from the Sulawesi Islands in Indonesia. This dish is said to be the choice of Bugis traders as stock during sailing as can be kept for a long period. Nowadays, this is one of the dishes served during celebrations. Burasak is based on rice, coconut milk, and a little salt to improve the taste. Banana leaf is used for wrapping while raffia string is used to tie the wrap. This dish is taken with other foods, among them is chicken rendang.
Malaysia
ICH Materials 35
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ICH Courier Vol.47 Maritime Rituals as Community Practices
"The sea has long been a part of ritualistic life across many cultures. There is a special bond between humans and the sea that we depend so much upon for our lives. Recognizing the importance of the sea and associated rituals, this volume of the ICH Courier focuses on four maritime rituals of the Asia-Pacific region. In particular, we will explore the vast differences in how communities in Vietnam, Taumako of the Solomon Islands, Korea, and China practice their sacred rituals in relation to the life-giving waters that surround them."
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ICH Courier Vol.31 Traditional Gardening and Landscapes
ICH Courier is the quarterly magazine on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region issued by ICHCAP since 2009. Every issue has its own theme under the title of the Windows to ICH, and the theme of the Vol 31 is 'Traditional Gardening and Landscapes.'
South Korea 2017
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MATAGINIFALE WOMEN’S GROUP: SAFEGUARDING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN NIUEMataginifale Women’s Group (MWG) was established in Avatele in the 1980s. Originally named Avatele Women’s Group, its members decided to change its name in the 1990s to better reflect the unique status of women. Mataginifale was a female warrior from Avatele born around 700 CE and was a great weaver that created local tapa cloth called hiapo.Year2017NationSouth Korea
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Session 2: What Is The Role Of The Community In ICH Safeguarding?Based on the accumulated experience over the course of fifteen years since the adoption of the 2003 Convention, Southeast Asia is well known for its diverse and abundant intangible heritage. Many states in this region have already initiated ICH safeguarding plans with active participation of communities.\nHowever, a number of Member States are still having difficulties employing community‐based safeguarding plan and programs. In implementing the 2003 Convention, much attention should be paid to build capacity to support and safeguard a wider range of ICH Stakeholders, including communities, group, and individuals.\nTherefore, this session will provide an opportunity to share experiences and discuss on the roles the community should exercise in safeguarding ICH. In this session, we will discuss the following questions: (1) Do ICH communities, groups, individuals, and practitioners fully recognise the spirit and significance of the 2003 Convention? (2) Are they subsequently assigned to embody appropriate roles?Year2017NationCambodia,Lao People's Democratic Republic,Myanmar ,Malaysia