On 20 September, 2020, ICOMOS India (North East Zone) in association with ICICH hosted the webinar on “Bihu: An Agrarian Festival of Assam.” Highlights of the webinar included the following presentations:

• Glorious Intangible Heritages of Bihu festival, Pradip Neog
• Vyah-gowa Ojapali, Dilip Changkaoty

The event was covered in an article published by the Assam Tribune.

Videos

View examples of the intangible heritage related to the festival:

• Bihu dance
• Bihu Husori – example 1
• Bihu Husori – example 2
• Jeng Bihu
• Playing Gogona in Bihu
• Vyah-gowa Ojapali

Celebration of the Kati Bihu festival of Assam at the Auniati Sattrat, Majuli, 17 October 2020. Photographs by Samiran Goswai

COLLETTA, Teresa, “Carnival festivities, intangible cultural values and historical cities”. in ACTA, EYCH 2018 ICOMOS HELLENIC, Safeguarding the Values of the European Cultural Heritage, Athens 2018 (on the occasion of celebrating the European Year of Cultural Heritage).Thema 1: Folktales, myths and traditions: The integrated intangible aspect of European cultural monuments and sites.

This article aims to show that intangible cultural heritage is an important tool for rebuilding the town of Jacmel, and the whole of Haiti. The authors suggest reinstating the Jacmel Carnival as soon as possible, because it was one of the town’s economic and social drivers before the earthquake. Income from the Carnival and other events could gradually be reinvested in rebuilding tangible heritage. The authors also highlight the creation of an inventory of intangible heritage. This is seen not simply as an archive collection but as a dynamic tool for managing, promoting, transmitting and revitalizing the region’s heritage and society.