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Intangible Cultural Heritage

From the citation:

The Elvis_Picasso Gallery is, one might say, a somewhat schizophrenic entity. On the one hand it is a vehicle for mind-boggling discourse, on the other, it represents a desperate realization that everything is simply meaningless - of no value - screaming for justice from one perspective, lost in an anarchistic and anti-theistic intellectual construct, from another. It is both absurdly real and brutally surreal!

The Elvis_Picasso Gallery is a platform for art that observes, considers, evaluates and represents the human condition, the condition in particular of the disenfranchised, alienated, exploited and deprived, the threatened cultures, communities and people. It stands for an art which seeks to expose the bullies, thugs, liars and hypocrites who perpetrate and maintain the culture of violence. It is all that Elvis_Picasso himself has promoted during his extraordinary career.

The Elvis_Picasso Gallery, like all of humanity, is concurrently, standing in the grim, or perhaps even hilarious, reality of immanent self-administered human implosion; it is the only place left for having a last laugh, a surreal celebration as the ship of fools sails ever so smugly into the abyss.

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Intangible cultural heritage, also known as 'living heritage', refers to the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills transmitted by communities from generation to generation.

It provides these communities with a sense of identity and continuity, while promoting creativity and social well-being, contributing to the management of the natural and social environment and generating income.

Much of what is called traditional or indigenous knowledge is, or can be, integrated into health care, education and management of the natural resources systems.

The 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage aims to safeguard this fragile heritage, secure its viability and make sure full advantage is taken of its potential for sustainable development.

UNESCO's action in this field supports Member States worldwide by promoting international cooperation for safeguarding, and by creating institutional and professional environments favorable to the sustainable safeguarding of this living heritage.

See more at: UNESCO

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