Participants and others during the capacity building workshop underway at Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung on July 19.
Mokokchung, July 19 (MExN): The Language Translation Centre (LTC) of Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung district facilitated a four-member contact base team from Banglanatak in conducting a capacity building workshop on ‘Documenting and Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Nagaland’ on July 19 and 20 for selected students and alumni.
The workshop is a step in their project, supported by the German Consulate Kolkata, to strengthen the cultural identity and recognition of the local Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) forms and their practitioners in selected districts of Nagaland. The workshop is an endeavour towards encouraging direct participation from the community in aiding in the preservation of the authentic Naga customs, skills and overall heritage, the Information and Publicity Cell, FAC stated in a press release.
The team shared their objectives which are to create a storytelling platform to narrate cultural stories of the local communities and their practices, collaborate cross-culturally and safeguard cultural rights of the artists/crafts persons through branding tools. The workshop also gave an educational overview of UNESCO conventions, and different terminology like ICH, inventorying, etc.
The students and alumni were also instructed on the tools and methods of documenting, ethics of documenting, aspects that one can document, and tips on photo and video editing skills.
The first day ended with an informed session for the second practical session (July 20) to be held in Ungma village. A select group of students will also be given an opportunity to work with the team after the workshop.
The workshop had an attendance of 27 students from across various streams.
