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Intellectual Cultural Heritage
The intellectual cultural heritage can be classified into 6 domains as follows:
NO.
Domain
Description
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Folk literature means
literature which is
transmitted by oral means
or written forms within
local way of life.
“Performing arts” means
the expression of emotion,
feelings, or stories through
a performer or sound, such
as singing or music playing,
and through body
movement such as in a
dance, in the manipulation
[of puppets], in gestures
etc.
1) “Folk tales” mean stories that are transmitted from generation to
generation. Included in this domain are, for example, myths, religious tales,
didactic tales, fairy tales, romantic tales, legends/sages, explanatory tales,
animal tales, ghost tales, jokes/humorous anecdotes, formula tales;
2) “Oral history” includes stories about the birthplaces or origins, the
migration, local heroes;
3) Incantations that are chanted during the various rites and rituals,
for example, religious prays, Kham Sama (incantation of asking forgiveness),
Kham wen Than (incantation for transferring the merit), incantation for
traditional healing ritual, blessings, wishes;
4) “Folk verbal scripts” include lullabies, courtship ritual dialogues,
local singings;
5) “Idioms and adages” mean words or expressions transmitted
which mostly rhyme or play on words, for example, phrases, epigrams,
aphorisms, metaphors, slogans, mottos, swear words/vows, curses/spells,
eulogies, slangs;
6) “Riddles” mean the wordplays in the form of questions which are
inherited through generations, for example, riddles, trick questions;
7) “Treatise” means knowledge recorded in Ancient Documentary,
for example, books of astrology, books related to the human and animal’s
physiology, pharmacopeias.
1) “Music” means the sound that makes up a tune and/or rhythm
that entertains or induces emotion of love, sadness, or joy, for example. The
role and the function of music are to entertain, to accompany rites and
ceremonies, or performances.
2) “Performance” means expression through body movement,
postures, gestures, dance steps, hand gestures, the act of dancing, hand
gesturing, manipulating [the puppets] etc, all of which expresses emotion,
feelings, or tell stories. A performance might be accompanied by music and
singing.