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Bulgarian Chitalishte (Community Cultural Centre): practical experience in safeguarding the vitality of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

La chitalishte bulgare (centre culturel communautaire), expérience pratique de préservation de la vitalité du patrimoine culturel immatériel

Bulgarian chitalishta (cultural community centres) are uniformly distributed across the whole territory of Bulgaria. They are established by communities themselves and are open to everyone irrespective of age, gender, political and religious views. The first chitalishta were established in 1856, and they have been recognized as a key...

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Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba

La réfection septennale du toit du Kamablon, case sacrée de Kangaba

The Malinke and other peoples of the Manden region of south-west Mali gather every seven years to celebrate when a new thatch roof is installed atop the Kamablon (or House of Speech) in the village of Kangaba. Built in 1653, the distinctive circular Kamablon of Kangaba shelters objects and furniture of high symbolic value to the...

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