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Intellectual Cultural Heritage
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Criteria for Identification and Nomination of Items for the Designation of
Thailand’s Intellectual Cultural Heritage
The ICH Committees of Experts have provided
the cr i ter ia for intel lectual cultural her i tage
designation by describing the defining attributes
of the items to be considered in each of the six
domains as follows:
Performing arts domain:
1. Having specific characteristics that attest to the
cultural ident i ty and sel f- image of the
community;
2. Having elements that correspond to the
performance genre;
3. Having the explicit performance or presentation
format;
4. Being transmitted and perpetuated to the
present, or continuing to be performed
on specific occasions;
5. Having social and spiritual value and value
to the community's way of life;
6. Having other characteristics that the Committees
of Experts consider relevant.
Traditional craftsmanship domain:
1. Having been originated in and/or introduced
into and developed by the community to
the point of being commonly recognized
as such and having been perpetuated/
transmitted within the community;
2. Showing the skills, wisdom, and appropriate
technology, such as production by hand or
using folk technology;
3. Having developed the tools and materials
to accommodate the production process;
4. Having the primary functions for use in
daily life, or for use related to custom,
tradition, belief, and culture, or for use in the
work of the people in the community;
5. Representing the identity or the self-image
of the folk, locality, or ethnic group and
being the pr ide of the people in the
community;
6. Having artistic, cultural, economic and social
value, as well as historical meaning and value
to the community or the ethnic group;
7. Being in urgent need of safeguarding, being at
risk of disappearance, or facing threatening
danger;
8. Having other characteristics that the Committees
of Experts consider relevant.
Folk literature domain:
1. Being commonly known at national, regional
or local levels;
2. Reflecting the self-image of the region or
locality;
3. Being the connecting core and forming the
network of relations among the different
regions;
4. Being in urgent need of safeguarding ,
being at risk of disappearance, or facing
threatening danger;
5. Hav i ng other character i s t i cs that the
Committees of Experts consider relevant.
Folk sports, games and martial arts domain:
1. Reflecting the local or ethnic identity or
self-image;
2. Hav i ng expl i c i t method of play i ng or
competing (for example, procedure and
sequence, rules and regulations, timing);
3. Being transmitted and perpetuated to the
present, or continuing to be played or
competed on specific occasions;
4. Having phys ical , emot ional , and social
value, as well as value to the community’s
way of life and the Thai spirit;
5. Being in urgent need of safeguarding, being
at risk of disappearance, or facing threatening
danger;
6. Having other characteristics that the Committees
of Experts consider relevant.