cultural heritage
Traditions passed down
Cultural heritage is what a group passes down through generations—traditions, artifacts, languages, buildings, art, and practices that define a people's identity.
It may be tangible (monuments, documents, objects) or intangible (music, rituals, craftsmanship).
Governments and organizations work to preserve cultural heritage: UNESCO designated the temple as a World Heritage Site.
Traditional weaving is part of our cultural heritage.
Inherited cultural narratives
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
ballads · proverbs · legends · myths · folk music · folk dance · traditional medicine · artisanship
Preventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- protectionGuarding against harm
documentation · UNESCO · national treasure · repatriation · digitization · archiving · authenticity
Great age, ancient era
- archivesStored historical documents
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
- empiresExtensive ruled territories
monuments · ruins · chronicles · sagas · historiography · chronology · ethnology · oral history
Preserved items from antiquity
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- potteryFired clay objects
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
frescoes · tapestries · coins · jewelry · ceramics · carvings · inscriptions · textiles
Descent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
family tree · roots · descent · kinship · clan · ethnicity · parentage · origin
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- observanceKeeping of customs
celebration · worship · pilgrimage · initiation · veneration · rites of passage · chanting · fasting
folklore
Inherited cultural narratives
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
folktales · ballads · proverbs · legends · myths · folk music · folk dance · traditional medicine · artisanship · weaving
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
protection · documentation · UNESCO · national treasure · repatriation · digitization · archiving · authenticity
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
- archivesStored historical documents
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
empires · monuments · ruins · chronicles · sagas · historiography · chronology · ethnology · oral history · archaeological sites
relics
Preserved items from antiquity
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- potteryFired clay objects
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
manuscripts · frescoes · tapestries · coins · jewelry · ceramics · carvings · inscriptions · textiles · paintings
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
bloodline · family tree · roots · descent · kinship · clan · ethnicity · parentage · origin · progenitors
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
observance · celebration · worship · pilgrimage · initiation · veneration · rites of passage · chanting · fasting · offerings
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- greetingsExpressions upon meeting
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
clothing · dance · music · language · taboos · values · norms · practices · social structure · mores
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, rituals, observance
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- heritagemuseum, archive, monument, landmark, restoration
- museum thingsart, paintings, sculptures, statues, fossils
cultural heritagepersonal property
Movable owned assets
private estate · personal belongings · private wealth · personal effects · private collection
cultural heritagecultural erasure
Destroying group identity markers
cultural genocide · iconoclasm · ethnocide · damnatio memoriae
cultural heritagecontemporary culture
Current societal trends and values
avant-garde · modernity · futurism · pop culture · novelty
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