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

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Arts, Painting

Sacred Paintings/Thangkas and Paubhas of Nepal

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Embroidery

Gabba Embroidery of Jammu and Kashmir

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Dolls and Toys of Tripura

Stone

Stone Carving of Chattisgarh

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Sikkim

Metal

Brass and Silver Filigree

Wood

Wood Turning - Shagzo

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Baluchari of West Bengal

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling, West Bengal

Leather

Camel Skin Craft

Embroidery

Ahir Embroidery of Gujarat

Metal

Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of Kerala

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Ganjifa/Playing Cards of Delhi

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.