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Organiser hopes 50th anniversary of Malaysia-China ties will include Wangkang festival 2024

MELAKA: The organiser of Wangkang festival 2024 hopes the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry will support the event by incorporating it as part of the 50th anniversary of Malaysia and China diplomatic ties.

In the spirit of new normal

MELAKA: Wandering souls this Hungry Ghost Festival will have to roam the streets elsewhere this year as committee members of the Wee Hian Temple in Taman Merdeka here have turned their sights on feeding the hungry living instead.

Temple chooses to feed families in need over hungry ghosts during festival

Temple chooses to feed families in need over hungry ghosts during festival
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UNESCO assembles peoples around transnational traditions like couscous, one of 32 new inscriptions on its Intangible Heritage Lists

Press release UNESCO assembles peoples around transnational traditions like couscous, one of 32 new inscriptions on its Intangible Heritage Lists 16/12/2020 Share this article Paris, 17 December During this year’s session (14 to 19 December, online), the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed three elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 29 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Members of the Committee, chaired by Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport of Jamaica, also added three programmes to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices and allotted $99,239 from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund to a project to safeguard Aixan/Gana/Ob#ANS TSI //Khasigu ancestral musical sound, knowledge and skills in Namibia.

Ong Chun ceremony jointly declared by China and Malaysia were included in the UNESCO Human Representative list of intangible cultural heritage_GMW cn

Ong Chun ceremony jointly declared by China and Malaysia were included in the UNESCO Human Representative list of intangible cultural heritage 2020-12-21 17:03   By: GMW.cn   The Ong Chun ceremony and related practices is rooted in folk customs of worshipping Ong Yah, a deity believed to protect people and their lands from disaster. The element is centered in coastal communities in China’s Minnan region and in Melaka, Malaysia. The ceremony includes welcoming Ong Yah to temples or clan halls, delivering good brothers (people lost at sea) from torment, and honouring the connection between people and the ocean. Performances during the procession feature different types of dancing.

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