Lesson 5 intangible art forms
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This document defines intangible cultural heritage and outlines its main characteristics and components. It discusses five main art forms of intangible cultural heritage: 1) oral traditions and expressions like myths, folktales, languages and chants; 2) performing arts such as music, dance and theater; 3) social practices, rituals and festive events that structure community life; 4) knowledge and practices concerning nature; and 5) traditional craftsmanship. Examples are provided for each category, such as folk dances, healing systems, and textile weaving. Mappers are told to document intangible heritage with videos, photos, and other materials.
Lesson 5 intangible art forms
- 1. Cultural Mapping: INTANGIBLE Art Forms Lesson 5: WHAT ARE THE ART FORMS OF MY COMMUNITY?
- 2. Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO defines Intangible Cultural Heritage as the practices, representations, expressions, as well as the knowledge and skills (including instruments, objects, artefacts, cultural spaces), that most of the communities, groups, and , in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.
- 3. Characteristics of Intangible Cultural Heritage The main component concept of the ICH is its being INTANGIBLE. - Incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as in corporeal or immaterial; impalpable; - Not made of physical substance; not able to be touched; - Inanimate concpets that cannot be touched, such as language, thoughts, beliefs, processes, values, systems, patterns, and the likes.
- 4. 01 Oral Traditions and Expressions 02 Performing Arts ART FORMS 03 Social Practices, Rituals, and Festive Events Knowledge and Practices concerning Nature and Universe Traditional Craftsmanship 04 05
- 5. 01 -the cultural knowledge and information that has been passed down through speech from one generation to the next. Tradition means something that is handed down from generation to generation. Oral Traditions and Expressions
- 6. Examples of Oral Traditions and Expressions Origin Myths and Epics Folktales, legends, riddles Poetic Jousts or debates (Balagtasan/balak) Languages Chants
- 7. Example of Oral Traditions and Expressions
- 8. Cultural Mapping: INTANGIBLE Art Forms Lesson 5: WHAT ARE THE ART FORMS OF MY COMMUNITY?
- 9. 02 - range from vocal and instrumental music, dance and theatre to pantomime, sung verse and beyond. - They include numerous cultural expressions that reflect human creativity and that are also found, to some extent, in many other intangible cultural heritage domains. Performing Arts
- 10. Examples of Performing Arts Instrumental Music Vocal Music Folk and Ethic Dances Traditional Drama
- 11. Example of Performing Arts Sagayan Philippine war dance performed by both the Maguindanao and Maranao depicting in dramatic fashion the steps their hero, Prince Bantugan, took upon wearing his armaments, the war he fought in and his subsequent victory afterwards. Performers, depicting fierce warriors would carry shield with shell noisemakers in one hand and double-bladed sword in the other attempting rolling movements to defend their master.
- 12. 03 - are habitual activities that structure the lives of communities and groups and that are shared by and relevant to many of their members. They are significant because they reaffirm the identity of those who practice them as a group or a society and, whether performed in public or private, are closely linked to important events. Social Practices, Rituals, and Festive Events
- 13. Examples of Social Practices, Rituals, and Festive Events • Fiestas • Holy Week Paraliturgical rites • Folk Customs in the Catholic Regions • Life Cycle Rituals • Subanen Wedding
- 14. Example of Festive Event
- 15. Cultural Mapping: INTANGIBLE Art Forms Lesson 5: WHAT ARE THE ART FORMS OF MY COMMUNITY?
- 16. 04 - includes knowledge, knowhow, skills, practices and representations developed by communities by interacting with the natural environment - these ways of thinking about the universe are expressed through language, oral traditions, feelings of attachment towards a place, memories, spirituality and worldview - they also strongly influence values and beliefs and underlie many social practices and cultural traditions - they, in turn, are shaped by the natural environment and the community’s wider world Knowledge and Practices concerning Nature and the Universe
- 17. Examples of Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe • traditional ecological wisdom • indigenous knowledge • knowledge about local fauna and flora • traditional healing systems • rituals, beliefs, initiatory rites • cosmologies • Shamanism • possession rites
- 18. Example of Traditional Healing System
- 19. 05 - the most tangible manifestation of intangible cultural heritage - mainly concerned with the skills and knowledge involved in craftsmanship rather than the craft products themselves - rather than focusing on preserving craft objects, safeguarding attempts should instead concentrate on encouraging artisans to continue to produce craft and to pass their skills and knowledge onto others, particularly within their own communities Traditional Craftmanship
- 20. Examples of Traditional Craftmanship • Basket Weaving • Mat Weaving • Textile Weaving • Sculptures, Jewelry and Carvings on Silver, Bronze, Brass, wood
- 21. Example of Textile Weaving
- 22. NOTE: When documenting an intangible cultural heritage, the mapper must provide all or any of the following supporting documentation: • Video and audio recordings • Photographs and sketches • Others