Sunday, June 3, 2007

Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival

The name sounded like Chinglish to me but 'intangible cultural heritage' is an actual term for the 'living' heritage of a place such as songs, methods of art, dances, methods of making alcohol and cooking, and other customs. There is a two week festival dedicated to this in the city right now and I went to check it out Thursday at a park in the northwest. Most provinces and some of the cities and districts in Sichuan had displays and it really made me appreciate how much diversity there is between the ethnic groups in China. Some photos from the exhibits are below.

Tibetan art:


Tibetan pottery:


Lamp made of bowls, spoons, chopstick holders, and other ceramic:


The 'lamp shadow' puppets, like in To Live:

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