Lesson 2: Living Cultural Heritage
Transmission is Keeping Living Heritage Safe
Continuity is a key element in defining living heritage. Continuity is the basis on which to characterise living heritage. The largest threat to living heritage is the interruption in transmission (ICCROM).
An intangible cultural heritage expression can be proposed for listing on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, if the viability of the expression is at risk, despite all efforts to ensure its safeguarding by the community, group or government concerned. In specific cases, immediate threats to particular elements of intangible cultural heritage that may place its continuation at risk, constitute sufficient reason for an inclusion, even if the elements seemed viable at the time of nomination.
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