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

Arts, Painting

Basholi Miniature Painting of Jammu and Kashmir

Stone

Stone Carving of Chattisgarh

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Murals, Floor, Wall Arts

Mud Murals and Paintings/Abharai of Kutch, Gujarat

Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Grains

Betel Nut/Areca Catechu Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Metal

Metal Crafts of Pakistan

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Dhurrie Weaving of Odisha

Wood

Wood Turning - Shagzo

Embroidery

Ahir Embroidery of Gujarat

Wool, Felt

Galeecha / Wool Carpets of Punjab

Embroidery

Crewel Embroidery of Jammu and Kashmir

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

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.