Cultural Heritage Curaçao

Introduction
Volume 1 Culture
12 Topics
What is Cultural Heritage?
What is Culture?
What characterizes Culture?
Basic words
Cultural Heritage
National Symbol
National Symbol Flag
National Symbol Unique nature
National Symbol – cultural traditional costumes
National Symbol – historical local product
Information about your Cultural Heritage
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Volume 2 Tangible Cultural Heritage
9 Topics
Tangible Cultural Heritage
Tangible Cultural Heritage Monuments
Tangible Cultural Heritage Statues
Tangible Cultural Heritage Bust
Tangible Cultural Heritage Musical instruments
Tangible Cultural Heritage Tools
Tangible Cultural Heritage Artefacts
Assignment
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Volume 3 Intangible Cultural Heritage
22 Topics
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Oral tradition and language as a vehicle to transfer Intangible Cultural Heritage
Oral history
Stories
Literature
Traditional art
Theater
Musical expression
Social practices, rituals and festive events
Social practices: Culinary Legacy
Social practices: drinks and desserts
Social practices: Folk dances
Social practices: Rituals and beliefs
Public event – Popular festive event
Public event – Commemorative event
Public event – Popular event
Knowledge and practices related to nature and popular spirituality
Knowledge about nature and popular spirituality – Healing
Knowledge about nature and popular spirituality – Some medicinal herbs
Knowledge about nature and popular spirituality – Traditional energy
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Volume 4 Natural Heritage
16 Topics
Natural heritage
The value of Natural heritage
Examples of the practices of Intangible Cultural Heritage that deal with nature and the universe
Flora and fauna
Bushes and vegetation
Plants and their uses
Caves, mountain and plateaus
Holes, inland waters, dams, water resources
Saltpan, beach
Island, peninsula and bay
Sea, land, sand, sandstone and wind
Habitat
The value of natural heritage: Science
The value of natural heritage: Aesthetics/beauty
The value of natural heritage: History
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Volume 5 Cultural Industry
8 Topics
Cultural industry/creative industry
Creative cultural industry can manifest itself in a great variety of ways
The value of cultural industry
Some examples of sites where cultural industry is applied
The benefits of cultural industry
How to expand cultural industry in Curaçao
Requirements for cultural industry in Curaçao
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Volume 6 Living human treasure
10 Topics
Living human treasure. Who is it?
How to pass it down?
Criteria to be a Living human treasure
Importance of the Living human treasure
Areas
Value of the Living human treasure
Stimulation for the Living human treasure
Living human treasure and the new generation
Necessary conditions to mobilize the new generation towards Intangible Cultural Heritage
Living human treasure
Conclusion
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Basic words

Cultural Heritage Curaçao Volume 1 Culture Basic words

Basic words

Culture

Culture is all the knowledge, experiences, beliefs, norms and values, hierarchies, religions, objects and functions acquired by a group of people and/or communities during their existence.

Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage are the artefacts, memories, expressions and skills developed by the people in a community, that were passed from generation to generation and which are actually irreplaceable and therefore one of the most important sources for the people’s history, culture and identity.
Tangible Cultural Heritage

Tangible Cultural Heritage represents all types of objects and monuments that people have produced/created in the course of time and which have passed from one generation to the next in a community.

Intangible Cultural Heritage
Intangible Cultural Heritage are the memories and experiences behind an object. An object’s memories are all the expressions, skills and knowledge, all the tradition that has contributed to create this object in order to serve the person in his/her daily needs. Also, all the memories that use of the object has produced. Intangible Cultural Heritage are also all beliefs and customs related to nature- and universe-related practices.
Natural heritage

Natural heritage includes everything that nature has created and not things created by mankind.

  • Explain in your own words what culture is.
  • Is Cultural Heritage the same as culture? Why or why not?
Answer

Explain in your own words what culture is.
Culture is the way/system of life and conduct of the people that live in a community, group or population.

Is Cultural Heritage the same as culture?
No.

Why or why not?
Cultural Heritage is part of culture. Cultural Heritage is every valuable thing that a community has inherited and that was passed down from generation to generation.

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