Heritage NL receives prestigious international award for its work on living heritage

Heritage NL receives prestigious international award for its work on living heritage

Heritage NL’s Intangible Cultural Heritage office has been announced as a winner of the 2019 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

The award is funded by the City of Jeonju, Republic of Korea, to encourage safeguarding practices of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the global community. Heritage NL’s Intangible Cultural Heritage office was one of forty-eight applicants from 36 different countries to apply for the awards. Only three applicants (individuals and organizations) were selected as finalists.

“This prestigious international award recognizes the major commitment by the Province, communities, tradition bearers and our team at Heritage NL in safeguarding and building capacity to celebrate the rich and diverse cultural traditions which are the very heart of this great place,” says Dave Lough, Heritage NL board chair.

The prize, valued at $10,000 USD, will be presented at a special ceremony September 27th in Jeonju. Heritage NL will be represented by folklorist Dale Jarvis, who has been the foundation’s ICH Development Officer since 2008. Along with Jarvis, the other recipients will be Ananya Bhattacharya (Secretary, Contact Base, India), and Ahmed Skounti (Professor, National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage Sciences, Morocco). While there, Jarvis will also present on NL heritage programs at the 2019 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage, at the National Intangible Heritage Center (NIHC) in Jeonju.

The mission of the Heritage NL’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is to safeguard and sustain the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador for present and future generations everywhere, as a vital part of the identities of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, and as a valuable collection of unique knowledge and customs. This is achieved through initiatives that celebrate, record, disseminate, and promote our living heritage and help to build bridges between diverse cultural groups within and outside Newfoundland and Labrador.


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For more information on the 2019 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage see:  http://www.cics.center/jiapich_2019/