Hanoi Recognizes Artisans as Key to Intangible Cultural Heritage

via Vietnam Plus, 27 October 2023: A seminar organized by Hanoi’s Department of Culture and Sports emphasized the crucial role artisans play in preserving and promoting the city’s intangible cultural heritage. Officials and cultural representatives agreed that artisans hold the keys to the practice and teaching of heritage values. The city has provided financial support to artisans and established heritage clubs to encourage the preservation and transmission of cultural values.

Officials, representatives of organisations involved in cultural activities, and artisans shared the view that artisans of folk arts are holding the knowledge about and keys of the practice of intangible cultural heritage, so the preservation, teaching, creation, and promotion of heritage values depend much on them.

They also emphasised artisans’ active role in protecting and bringing into play heritage values to build up the cultural values and strength of the Vietnamese people, including Hanoians, to meet the demand for sustainable development of the country.

Source: Hanoi acknowledges artisans’ role in intangible cultural heritage preservation | Culture – Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)