Overview
The family tradition circus is a way of life that combines traditions and skills that have been passed down through the generations. It brings together families who travel in caravans, sharing their art and culture wherever they go. For the bearers, circus life is a vocation, deeply rooted in family and community. Although each circus has its own identity, rites and ceremonies, members share a sense of belonging to a broad family of circus performers, united by common traditions and celebrations. Circus performers take on various roles throughout their lives, such as acrobats, clowns, magicians and ringmasters, often playing multiple roles. The knowledge and skills related to circus life are passed down from childhood, through oral traditions, play and hands-on experience. This learning process helps children acquire the artistic skills needed to perform and maintain circus culture....
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Community and Authority
- Communities
- Chile
- Languages
- Not specified in UNESCO dataset
- Cultural territories
- Chile
- Countries
- Chile
How the System Works
The family tradition circus is a way of life that combines traditions and skills that have been passed down through the generations. It brings together families who travel in caravans, sharing their art and culture wherever they go. For the bearers, circus life is a vocation, deeply rooted in family and community. Although each circus...
Sources and Evidence
Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.
Field-Level Provenance
- title
- UNESCO DataHub field title_en
- preferredTitle
- UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
- summary
- UNESCO DataHub field description_en
- type
- UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
- countries
- UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
- categories
- ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
- relationships
- UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
- sourceUrl
- UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
- rights
- UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url
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