2017 Youth Meets ICH

• Weaving Knowledge Into the BasketOurYAP, Micronesia

  The Our Youth Are Promising (OurYAP) of Micronesia produced “Weaving Knowledge Into the Basket,”
  which shows a master weaver teaching young participants how to weave baskets with coconut leaves.

• Eri Silk Production and Weaving Heritage of Bhoi Khasi Tribe of MeghalayaNorth Eastern Hill University, India

  In India, students in the Department of Botany, Lady Keane College (under North Eastern Hill University, Shillong), filmed “Eri Silk Production and Weaving Heritage of Bhoi Khasi Tribe of Meghalaya,” detailing silkworm cultivation, dyeing,
  and silk production to help viewers better understand ICH.

• traditional Kazakh textilesKazNPU, Kazakhstan

  In Kazakhstan, students and professors of Kazakh National Pedagogical University (KazNPU) named Abay produced a video on traditional Kazakh textiles (felting and chee grass platting).
  They interviewed related experts who explain the cultural importance and value of traditional textiles as well as women’s roles in them.

• Panubok, The Intangible Culture of Panay BukidnonUniversity of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines

  The University of the Philippines Visayas filmed “Panubok, The Intangible Culture of Panay Bukidnon,” which describes the meaning of panubok, the traditional embroidery of the Panay Bukidnon, as well as its past and future.
  The video shows young people doing the traditional binanog dance while wearing clothes with panubok embroidery.

• Safeguarding Ikat Making TraditionsNational Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO, Uzbekistan

  In “Safeguarding Ikat Making Traditions,” the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO visited the Traditional Crafts Development Center of Marghilan to interview craftspeople and film their thoughts on the meaning of ICH.