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

Constructed garments, Apparel

Dance Costumes of Manipur

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Baluchari of West Bengal

Bone, Horn, Shell, Ivory

Coconut Shellware

Wax, Batik

Cire- Perdue / Lost Wax Metal Casting - Houshold Items and Utensils

Natural Fiber

Coir Craft of Puri, Odisha

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling, West Bengal

Arts, Painting

Nail Painting of Gujarat

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber and Stem Craft of Assam

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Embroidery

Embroidery of Kerala

Cane, Bamboo

Vaas Kaam/Cane and Bamboo of Gujarat

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.