Basic HTML Version
Intellectual Cultural Heritage
11
Intellectual Cultural Heritage is divided into six domains as follows:
No.
Domain
Definition
Category
1.
Performing arts
“Performing arts” mean the
expression of emotions, feelings,
or stories by a performer through
sound, such as singing or music
playing, and through body
movement, such as in dance or
in themanipulation (of puppets),
in gesture etc.
1) “Traditional music” means the sound that makes
upa tuneand/or rhythmthat entertains or induces emotion
of love, sadness, or joy, for example. The roles and
the functions of music are to entertain, to accompany
rites and ceremonies, or performances, for example;
2) “Traditional performance” means the expression
throughbodymovements, postures, gestures, dance steps,
the act of dancing, manipulating (the puppets) etc., all of
which express emotions, feelings, or tell stories.
Aperformancemight beaccompaniedbymusicandsinging;
3) “Folk ritual performance” means the traditional
play activity, such as festival drama, folk dance, ritualistic
dance drama, ritual music used in rites and rituals;
4) “Folk song” means the song of folk origin in its
form or style, with a simple tune and lyric that aim to
entertain during the various occasions or festivities
or during a collaborative labour or work.
2.
Traditional
craftsmanship
“Traditional craftsmanship”
means the knowledge and
skills of a group of people
in mak ing handi craf ts , in
s e l ec t i ng ma t e r i a l s and
methods to create handicrafts
that reflect the identity and
the social development and
culture.
1) “Textiles and textile products”mean the products
created by weaving, dying, knitting, embroidering,
Ti-kliao, Yok (pulled extra weft-threads technique),
Chok, weft ikat, printing motifs, Khit, Ko/Luang technique
with the aim to be used as items of clothing which show
the social status of the wearer;
2) “Basketry” means the traditional household
utensils and objects made by weaving together thin
strips of locally available raw materials, such as
bamboo, rattan, Krachut (Lepironia articulate (Retz.)
Domin), Lamchiak (Pandanus odoratissimus Linn). Weaving
methods involve knitting, tying, fastening, binding or
stringing strips of bamboo or rattan, to make durable
products that retain their shape for a long time;
“Intel lectual Cultural Her i tage” means the
practices, expressions, knowledge, skills, tools, objects,
inventions, and the relevant cultural space that
communities, groups of people or, in some cases,
individuals, acknowledge as a part of their cultural
he r i t age . The i nte l l ec tua l cu l tur a l he r i t age ,
which is passed on from one generation to another,
is constantly recreated by the communities and groups
of people in response to their environment. It is their
interaction to nature and to their history. It gives them
pride in their identity and a sense of continuity, which
eventually leads to respect for cultural diversity and
creativity.
Definition of Intellectual Cultural Heritage