Asia InCH – Encyclopedia of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Open educational resource on the intangible cultural heritage of the traditional arts, crafts and textiles and their practitioners and transmitters in South Asia

Highlights

Stimulating Deliberation

Embroidery

Gabba Embroidery of Jammu and Kashmir

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Baluchari of West Bengal

Bone, Horn, Shell, Ivory

Coconut Shellware

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Ganjifa/Playing Cards of Delhi

Metal

Dhokra/Lost Wax Metal Casting of West Bengal

Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Grains

Betel Nut/Areca Catechu Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Bihar

Arts, Painting

Basholi Miniature Painting of Jammu and Kashmir

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Embroidery

Chikan/White-on-White Embroidery of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Leather

Camel Skin Craft

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Haryana

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate techniques.

Collections, Exhibits, Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. Browse exhibitions and displays that are bound in time and space.

Bibliography

Over 10,000 bibliographic listings on the arts, traditional crafts, design, heritage, culture - intangible and tangible, its practitioners, its history and associated studies.

Glossary

An introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.