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What is Intangible
Cultural Heritage?
Intangible cultural heritage is recognized by the community, groups, and in some cases, individuals as part of their cultural heritage, customs, traditions, rituals, forms of ideas and expression, knowledge and skills, as well as related tools, objects, works - cultural are the whole of the territories.
Intangible cultural values refer to folklore, language, dialects, dialects, place names, the content of coats of arms and other national symbols, traditional crafts, national customs, traditions, holidays, rituals, public life, manners, rules, economic, folk art Information related to activities, the culture of life support, beliefs, worship, scientific research results and methods, information kept in intangible cultural heritage sites, archives, libraries, legal entities, and individuals.


Dear Colleagues,
The creation of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Armenia" database of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia is aimed at preserving, valuing the intangible cultural heritage of Armenia, using its place and role in society, increasing recognition and popularization.
The database provides comprehensive information on current developments in the intangible cultural heritage of the Republic of Armenia, presenting materials on the preservation, protection and transmission of that heritage, cultural heritage of different communities, specialists in the field, bearers of heritage, as well as developments in the legal field of intangible cultural heritage. UNESCO 2003 Processes under the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage;
Preservation and popularization of the intangible cultural heritage of the Republic of Armenia is one of the priorities of the cultural policy, which is implemented through republican-international programs.
Alfred Kocharyan
Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia
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Announcements
Harvest holiday…
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The 150th…
“The 150th anniversary of the birth of Hovhannes Toumanian (1869-1923), poet, writer, translator” submitted by ...
“Tsitsernak” award…
By the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, on March 31, 2018, The “Tsitsernak” n ...
“Martiros Saryan”…
On February 28, 2018, at 14:00 at Martiros Saryan’s home-museum the unique work “Flowers” depicted on the glas ...
Reception at…
Those, who wish to study for free without age limitation can study at the “Arar” centre of the RA Ministry of ...
Rolan 13-th…
On November 7 at 19:00, Rolan 13th International Film Festival will kick off at Moscow Cinema. This yea ...
UNESCO’s cultural…
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The anniversary…
On October 28, 2016 at 15:00 the National Gallery of Armenia will host the anniversary exhibition dedicated to ...
«Through the…
On September 6, 2016 at 19:00 Komitas Museum-Institute will host a concert «Through the eternity path». The ev ...
Days of…
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Presentation of…
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Upcoming Events
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History Museum…
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Megerian Carpet…
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”The School…
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Concert titled…
With RA’s Ministry of culture’s support, On March 8 /19:00/, in Yerevan’s Charles Aznavour square “Men only fo ...
LA Times…
The US-based National Association for Armenian Studies and Research is going to host the presentation of a boo ...
French-Armenian cartoonist…
French-Armenian cartoonist Edmon Kiraz is among the 20th century's most outstanding cartoon-makers whose works ...
Aznavour: I…
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“Little singers…
“Little singers of Armenia” participated in a prestigious festival in Israel and performed with various concer ...
“Armenia” exhibition…
From September 21, 2018 to January 13, 2019, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will host an exclusive ...
Demonstration of…
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia on September 14, 2016 in the H ...
Artsakh concerts…
With the support of the Ministry of Culture from August 31 to September 32016, ethnographic ensemble «Van» wit ...