Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Angkor
Georgina Lloyd Deputy Director, University of Sydney Robert Christie Research Centre, Siem Reap Angkor in Cambodia is a World Heritage Site (inscribed on the World Heritage
Supreme Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh
Ngo Duc Thinh Director, Center for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Ritual Culture Of the Four Palaces religion of Vietnam, Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh is the
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul—Goddess of the Southern Ocean
Gaura Mancacaritadipura Puppeteer, Cultural Expert, Second Secretary, National Kris Secretariat, Indonesia Babad Tanah Jawi (History of Java) evidences the existence of traditional (not religious) beliefs in
The Character of Goddesses in Korean Intangible Heritage
Lucy Hwang Professor of Media Literature, Kwandong University, Korea The presence of goddesses has been a consistent feature within Korean polytheistic shamanism and traditional popular religions.
Lkham: The Guardian Goddess of Buddhism
Shagdarsuren Damba Editor and Journalist, Mongolian National Public Radio In Buddhism, deities and gods are imagined as either male or female. They can appear either calm
Bogwa: The Ifugao Ritual of Honoring the Dead
Cecilia V. Picache Planning Officer III, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Philippines The first thing I learned when I began my field work in
Agriculture Associated Rites in Boysun
Alisher Ikramov Secretary-General, National Commission of Uzbekistan for UNESCO Boysun district,1 in southern Uzbekistan, has a beautiful natural landscape and is surrounded by a mountain range. The
Sacred Rituals of its Indigenous Population
Ngatuaine Maui Anthropologist, Ministry of Cultural Development, Cook Islands According to the oral traditions of the Cook Islands, sacred rituals were commonly performed on what is
Munmyo Jerye (文廟祭禮), Grand Ceremony in Honor of Confucius
Ji-won Song Research Professor, Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul National University Munmyo is a Confucian shrine in which various spiritual tablets of past Confucian scholars
Mudiyettu, Ritual Dance-Drama from Kerala
Molly Kaushal Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, India Mudiyettu is a ritual art form practiced in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It