2013 Study Tour Report

Toward Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage
for the Promotion of Cultural Identity andCommunity Resilience in Timor-Leste
22-26 October, 2013
Tokyo, Akita, Ibaraki and Tochigi, Japan

Organised byInternational Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage
in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)andUNESCO Office in Jakarta

2013 Study Tour Report

Toward Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage
for the Promotion of Cultural Identity andCommunity Resilience in Timor-Leste2013 Study Tour Report

Toward Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage
for the Promotion of Cultural Identity andCommunity Resilience in Timor-Leste

22–26 October, 2013
Tokyo, Akita, Ibaraki and Tochigi, Japan
Organised byInternational Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage
in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)andUNESCO Office in Jakarta

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Contents
Foreword

Akio Arata ................................................................................................................. 7

1. Proceedings and Analysis of Discussion
Misako Ohnuki .............................................................................................................. 10

2. Lectures
2.1. Safeguarding Policies and Institutions at National Level
Japanese Administrative System for Safeguarding ICH
Kensaku Kikuchi ............................................................................................................ 26
2.2. Safeguarding Policies and Institutional Frameworks at Community Level
2.2.1. Oga Community
Engagements for the Preservation, Transmission, and Display of the Important
Intangible Folk Cultural Property, ‘Oga no Namahage’ Yusuke Igarashi ................... 32
Lecture Material

Information of Namahage Museum ................................................................................. 38

2.2.2. Yuki Community
Engagements of Yuki City for the Safeguarding of Yuki-Tsumugi Production
Techniques Kiyomi Sekine .......................................................................................... 40
Lecture Material

A. Lecture Summary Hiroshi Nomura .......................................................................... 48
B. Tsumugi-no-Yakata, Information Leaflet .................................................................... 50.

3. Articles on Problems on Safeguarding ICH in Timor-Leste

3.1. National Level
Kondisi dan Masalah Terkini Dalam Melestrikan Warisan Budaya Takberwujud diTimor-Leste Irene Gonçalves dos Reis ...................................................................... 54
3.2. Local Level
3.2.1. Kondisi dan Masalah Terkini Dalam Melestrikan Budaya Tidak Berwujud diKabupaten Manufahi Celestino da Silva Mendes Sarmento ................................ 68
3.2.2. Kata Penganter Rui Amaral Suri Seran ................................................................... 82

Annexes
Annex I. General Information ................................................................................................... 100
Annex II. List of Participants .................................................................................................... 102
Annex III. Programme Schedule ...............................................................................................104
Annex IV. Opening Address ......................................................................................................108
Annex V. Introduction of IRCI’s Activities (PPT) .....................................................................114

Foreword
The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)
organized a study tour in Japan for government officials of Timor-Leste from 21-26 October 2013,
in response to a request from the government of Timor-Leste and the UNESCO Jakarta Office. Ten
participants from Timor-Leste and Mr. Masanori Nagaoka, Head of Culture Unit, UNESCO Office,Jakarta participated in the programme organized in Tokyo, and three communities in Ibaraki, Tochigi
and Akita in Japan.
Diverse good practices exist in Japan. IRCI, therefore, based on the analysis of the articles submitted
in advance by the participants, developed the programme focusing on three following topics andarranged the respective lectures as well as the visit destinations for the participants in this tour.
- Initiatives for intangible cultural heritage by Japan as a country- Good practices for the safeguarding initiatives by local governments in Japan- Museums of the national government and communities – particularly focusing on good
approaches to exhibits and utilization of living cultural heritage that are useful for handing
down the living cultural heritage to future generations
The programme was made possible thanks to the communities of Yuki, Mashiko and Oga, as well as
the Tokyo National Museum and the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo.
Expressing my sincere appreciation to all those involved in the programme, I wish this publication to
be useful not only to the participants and to the Government of Timor-Leste, but also to other State
Parties and Non State Parties of the Convention for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, andto contribute to the promotion and revitalization of oral and intangible cultural heritage in the AsiaPacific countries.

Akio Arata
Director-General
IRCI

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Proceedings and Analysis of Discussion

Misako Ohnuki
Deputy Director-General, IRCI

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Proceedings and Analysis of Discussion
Misako Ohnuki
Deputy Director-General, IRCIIRCI has planned and implemented a study tour in Japan for administrative officials from
Timor-Leste at the request of the government of Timor-Leste and the UNESCO Jakarta Office. This
plan was originally not included in the Medium-term Programme (2013-2015) of IRCI. However,since “the safeguarding of endangered intangible cultural heritage” is one of IRCI’s activity missions,and since it was an urgent matter, the plan was approved at the Governing Board Meeting of IRCI of2013, and the reception of the officials was implemented during five days from 22 until 27 October.
The main points of the entire journey of the Programme have been summarized below, and a part ofthe valuable discussions that have been conducted during the Programme have been written down for
future use.

1. Grasping the Present Situation in Timor-Leste and Developing a
Study Tour Programme
The length of their stay in Japan was five days. In the light of this situation, IRCI was thinkingof developing a programme with a content that would serve as a helpful reference for Timor-Leste.
However, in order to do so, the information surrounding cultural heritage related to the country
was too scarce. Due to this situation, IRCI directed two requests to the government of TimorLeste, through the UNESCO Jakarta Office, before embarking on the planning of the tour. One
request concerned the nomination of the people who would participate in the tour. IRCI wanted
the nominees to consist of national government officials, local government officials, and persons
from the communities involved in the transmission. The second request was directed to each ofthese representatives (of the national government, the local governments, and the communities) andconcerned the submission in advance of a short article concerning the present situation of intangible
cultural heritage. These papers have been summarized and submitted as three reports through thecooperation of the UNESCO Jakarta Office.
From these papers, it was possible to comprehend the present situation of and the problems
surrounding the diverse intangible cultural heritage in Timor-Leste. However, it was necessary tofurther grasp the actual condition in more detail. Therefore, since the short study tour would take only
five days, IRCI developed the field work and the content of the lectures, by limiting itself especiallyto the four points below.

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Input-Output of the Programme
LecturesField Visits

LECTURES and FIELD VISITS
Administrative systems,
Exhibition of ICH by museum,Transmission, Promotion &Dissemination, and Research

Discussion
SESSIONS 2 & 3 (A)Sharing, identifying and analyzing thecurrent situation and the problems in
Timor-LesteSESSION 3(B)Discussion on possible solutions to the
problems identified through Session 3(A)REPORT(by IRCI)EVALUATION OF THE
PROGRAMME

Outputs

FOLLOW UP IN THE
COUNTRY(by Participants)- How the structure of the safeguarding system for intangible cultural heritage in Japan
has been completed on the national and local level respectively?
- What kind of government support programmes for transmitters do there exist?
- What does there exist as examples of exhibitions and manners of utilization (for intangible
cultural heritage) in museums in countries that have diverse cultures?
- What is an example of public information on and marketing for works of intangible cultural
heritage?
Concerning the planning of the programme, IRCI made a plan on the destinations to visit andthe sessions, limiting itself more specificly to the three points below.
(1) How do you conceptualize national and local safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
as a system?
→ A lecture on the strategy and the system of Japan’s national and local safeguarding ofintangible cultural heritage would be incorporated: three places, i.e., the Agency for Cultural
Affairs (of Japan), the community of Yūki, and the community of Oga.
(2) What way of exhibition for intangible cultural heritage could you think of?
→ Regarding museum exhibition methods, inspect good practices at the national andcommunity level. Then arrange discussions with museum officials, people in charge ofthe succession of intangible cultural heritage in the community (preservation societies):
inspect the Tokyo National Museum, the “Namahage Museum” and “Oga Shinzan Folklore
Concerning the way of exhibition in museums, viewing a good practice on national level and

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community level. Discussing this matter with museum officials, intangible cultural heritagetransmitters and persons involved (in Preservation Associations) in communities: viewing
the Tokyo National Museum, “Namahage Museum” and “Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum”
in the Oga community (exhibition of the traditional event), the “Tsumugi no Yakata” (theYūki-tsumugi Museum) in the Yūki community (exhibition and public information on traditional craftsmanship).
(3) What kind of approach is necessary for the sustainable transmission of intangible cultural
heritage (craftsmanship)?
→ Concerning marketing, the approach for “Okujun” in Yūki City and “Tsukamoto” forMashiko ware, viewing the townscape.
For the exhibition of living cultural heritage various attempts are necessary depending on the
category of the element, like for example traditional performing arts and customs, ceremonies andrituals, crafts, etc. Therefore, for point (2), IRCI invited three types of people from the communities,
i.e. administrative officials, transmitters, and museum administrators, to give lectures, and planned
study tours and sufficient time for question-and-answer sessions.
LECTURES & FIELD VISITS

Safeguarding
measureLectures & Field Visits

Administrative Lecture by Agency for Cultural Affairs
Lecture by Oga local government
systemLecture by Yuki local government
Exhibition bymuseum &theatreTokyo National Museum
Namahage Museum
National Theatre
Yuki Tsumugi Museum
Shoji Hamada Memorial Mashiko Sankokan Museum

Transmission
andsafeguarding
systemOga Shinzan Folklore Museum
Community Centre of Traditional Handicrafts of Yuki
Artisan(Mr. Hiroshi Nomura)’s weaving studio in Yuki

Promotion & Lecture at Yuki Tsumugi Museum
dissemination Guided Tour in Mashiko Town

In addition to that, on the first and the last day, IRCI implemented group work following
the KJ method, and searched for a classification and directionality in the solution of the problem
points with which the participants were struggling. Moreover, in order to make these discussions
more stimulating, IRCI provided each of the participants with a field sheet, so that they could fillout a summary of the questions and answers given by the persons in charge of the museums andcommunities.

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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)For the group work, the participants were divided into two groups, and discussions andanalytical work were conducted divided over two occasions, i.e., one on the first day and one on
the last day, based on the subject “What is the most serious problem with which you are struggling
yourself? And, what would be a solution for it?” IRCI smoked out, identified, and classified in asummary the specific problems regarding the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in TimorLeste. Moreover, IRCI summarized the ideas to solve these problems. Details are written down in thesecond part of these proceedings.
Notwithstanding the sudden request, the people of the study tour destination understood the
purposes of the programme, and kindly and cooperatively consented to accept the group of visitors,
and the five-day programme from 22 until 26 October was decided upon. Moreover, IRCI provided
Portuguese language simultaneous interpretation and Portuguese language and Tetum languagetranslation for the participants who only speak Tetum language.
For a list of participants, refer to Annex II.

2. Opening of the Meeting and Group Work I
The ten participants arrived in Japan on 21 October, and on 22 October an opening was heldin the Conference Room of the Tokyo National Museum. Mr. Nagaoka, Programme Specialist of
the UNESCO Jakarta Office, spoke words of gratitude and expressed his expectations towards IRCI
concerning the acceptance of this study tour. Moreover, Ms. Ohnuki of IRCI said in her opening
address that she warmly welcomed this visit, that this time the five-day visit was short, but that she
hoped that it would lead to future support, and that, therefore, she wished for the active participationfrom the participants. Moreover, she mentioned that, considering the recommendation of active
participation of the communities in their intangible cultural heritage, as mentioned in Article 15 of
the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, there exist diverse casesof safeguarding of intangible heritage within Japanese communities, and that she expected that theparticipants would take a look at these cases and be able to have a lively discussion.
Subsequently, the participants were divided into two groups, and held a discussion titled “Theproblems in the transmission of intangible cultural heritage in Timor-Leste”, following the simplified
KJ method. The problems that were extracted during this discussion were classified and linked to thesecond discussion that would be held on the last day. The output related to this is mentioned in thesecond part of these proceedings.

3. National Safeguarding System and Research System
On this day, the participants viewed the Tokyo National Museum. On 23 October in the Agency
for Cultural Affairs (of Japan), they heard a lecture on Japan’s national safeguarding system forintangible cultural heritage delivered by Mr. Kensaku Kikuchi, Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan,
a lecture by the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, and had study tour inside
the facility. For details, refer to the lecture papers.

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Namahage Museum& Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum

Oga Community
24 Oct.
Yuki Community
25 Oct.

Community Centre of
Traditional Handicrafts＆ Tsumugi no yakata

Tokyo22, 23, 26 Oct.

National Tokyo Museum

National Research Institutefor Cultural Properties, Tokyo

Mashiko Town
25 Oct.

National Theatre

4. Good Practices in Community Museums and the Transmission of ICH
Subsequently, the participants moved from
Tokyo to Akita City, which is located in the Tōhoku
Region, and the next day, 24 October, they movedby bus to Oga Peninsula, which is at a distanceof 40 km from Akita City. There they viewed the
Namahage Museum and the adjacent Oga Shinzan
Folklore Museum, and had a question-and-answer
session. Oga Namahage is an event related tovisiting gods (in Japanese: Raihōjin) that has beentransmitted throughout the Oga Peninsula. In 1978
Namahage Museum
it was registered in the inventory called “Japan’s
Designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural
Properties”, which is Japan’s national inventory. On New Year’s Eve, youngsters disguise as gods
called Namahage by donning ogres’ masks and straw raincoats, visit houses, and admonish lazypeople and children while raising a frightening voice. It is an event in which the folk beliefs andthe concept of deity of Japanese people are conveyed. In the Namahage Museum, masks used forNamahage are collected and exhibited, and documentation is conducted and opened to the public. In
the adjacent Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum, the Namahage event is performed live.
The participants viewed the two above-mentioned facilities in one stretch, under the guidanceof Mr. Tadashi Ōta, docent at the Namahage Museum. Subsequently, a lecture and a questionand-answer session were held. Mr. Kazuaki Nakamura, the manager of the Namahage Museum,2013 Study Tour Report
International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)Mr. Yūsuke Igarashi, of the Oga City Board of Education, Cultural Properties Division, and, as arepresentative of the transmitters, Mr. Noboru Sugawara, the President of the Association for theTransmission of Shinzan Namahage, participated to that session. In addition, Mr. Fumioki Itō, ofthe Tourism, Commerce and Industry Department of Oga City Hall, as well as the above-mentioned
Mr. Tadashi Ōta joined in that session, and replied to the wide variety of questions asked by theparticipants.
Mr. Nakamura of the Namahage Museum delivered a lecture on the purposes of theestablishment and the content of the exhibition of the Namahage Museum. The main points in thelecture were as follows:- The Namahage Museum was established in 1999.
- The Namahage Museum was established in order to preserve the traditional culture of
Namahage, and correctly transmit the Namahage event, as well as with the aim to realize
economic effects and regional revitalization through tourism.
- Since the opening of the Namahage Museum, the number of visitors amounts to approximately 1.75 million persons.
- The museum collects information concerning the masks that are utilized during the eventfrom each community, and appeals to owners and areas owning these masks in order to temporarily collect and exhibit these masks.
- An approach is taken where the traditional event Namahage, which is held once a year on
31 December, is introduced all year round in the two museums (i.e., the Namahage Museum
and the Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum).
In addition to this, it was explained that various attempts and ingenious efforts were undertaken
in order to exhibit Namahage as “living intangible cultural heritage” within the exhibitions of themuseum. For example, the museum has been divided into six corners, based on different subjects,
like the “Namahage Transmission Hall”, the “Mysterious Hall”, etc., and doing so, the concept ofmuseum of living intangible heritage has been created. Especially, in the “Namahage Transmission
Hall”, models of the Namahage event of New Year’s Eve and other things are shown on a large
screen, and in the “Namahage Ogres’ Gathering Corner”, 150 Namahage masks are exhibited using
110 mannequins, and showcases. Since the masks utilized during the Namahage event have featuresthat are different depending on the community who utilizes them, and are therefore diverse, in thisexhibit masks originating from 60 communities are exhibited on top of their respective geographic
origins on a model of Oga Peninsula.
Subsequently, Mr. Igarashi from Oga City spoke about the approaches by the city towards
safeguarding of the traditional event Namahage through the Namahage Museum. These approaches
consist of the collection and exhibition of old masks that are not utilized anymore, the implementationof classes dealing with the making of Namahage costumes, the creation of documentation andpublications on the Namahage event, financial support for its transmission, dissemination ofknowledge and public information on Namahage culture within the communities, the pursuit to makepeople feel proud of it, etc. Moreover, he added that the purpose to prevent changes in the Namahage
event is one reason to document the event.

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To the question of what kind of people in the communities play the role of Namahage ogre in
the Namahage event, president Sugawara replied that, in the old days, single men used to play thisrole, but that, due to the present decrease in the population and other factors, also married men adopt
this role, and that therefore it sometimes happens that, for example, fathers who are members of the
Parent-Teacher Association or the Fathers’ Associations within Children’s Associations of schools in
the communities take up the role. He added that their age range is from the twenties to the forties. To
the question of what is the most serious problem that Namahage is facing, he replied that the supplyof materials for the costumes and instruction in the way of making of the costumes has become
difficult. Moreover, he mentioned that among the younger generations the number of households thatis accepting the event has decreased.
There was a question from a participant concerning the organization and the manner ofoperation of the Namahage Museum. To that question, Mr. Nakamura responded that the buildingof the Namahage Museum belongs to Oga City and that it is being operated by adopting know-how
from private enterprises, since the city is not covering the costs for its operation (like personnel
expenditure, electricity and heating expenses, etc.). He additionally explained that sustainable
operation is rather difficult, but that it was possible to cover the expenses with the income generated
through admission fees and museum shops, and other means, because a great deal of effort is being
put into public information and there are currently 120,000 to 140,000 visitors per year.
There was a question from a participant concerning the manner of collection and the
management process of the masks that are the main exhibited objects in the Namahage Museum. Mr.
Igarashi explained that two committee members have been assigned with the collection of masks,that masks are being borrowed upon request for cooperation from the mayor of Oga City to therepresentatives of each community and after a visit to each household that owns (a) mask(s), and thaton this occasion a memorandum of understanding (on the loan of (a) mask(s)) is exchanged between
the owner(s) and the mayor. Moreover, he explained that masks that are not utilized anymore arecollected before they are destroyed.
Subsequently, there was a question from a participant who saw the documentary video on the
Namahage event held on New Year’s Eve in the “Namahage Transmission Hall” of the Namahage
Museum on how it was taught to the children that the Namahage are actually gods, although there arechildren who are very frightened of Namahage. To that question Mr. Igarashi answered as follows.
The wish that the children grow up
to be fine adults is contained in thistraditional event, and the event isconducted in an atmosphere where
the whole community is watchingover the children. The head of thefamily and the parents behave as
if they want to protect the children
who are about to be taken away by
the Namahage. And, through thisbehavior, the bonds between parents
Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum
and children are deepened.

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It was also mentioned that, in the current of the times, the consciousness of the residents
towards the Namahage event within the communities has changed. There was a question from aparticipant on whether there are households within the communities that decline to accept the event
on New Year’s Eve, and, if that is the case, whether that has no impact on the community. In responseto this question, the comment was given that it is an event to which households that met misfortune orwhere a baby was born cannot participate, and that there are households who refuse for other reasons,but that social control (on participation) within the community is not as strong as in the old days andthere is mutual respect for individual opinions towards manners and customs of the communities.
In the end, there were comments from the participants that they were deeply impressed with thepositive museum-related activities that are being conducted by one community.

5. Sustainable Transmission of Craftsmanship and Marketing in Communities
On 25 October, the participants went to acommunity in Yūki City in Ibaraki Prefecture
early in the morning by bus. In that city there
is a community that is transmitting the Yūkitsumugi silk fabric production technique.
Yūki-tsumugi is a traditional craft in whichyarn is utilized that has been spun, string bystring, from silk floss by hand, without giving
the thread a twist. Its manufacturing process
consists of approximately 40 steps, and it
requires expert artisans with high-level skills.
In 1956, it was inscribed in the “Important
Intangible Cultural Property” inventory, which
is Japan’s national inventory.i Subsequently,
in 2010, it was decided to inscribe it in the“Representative List of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity” under the UNESCO
Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. The
transmission of traditional craftsmanship is ina serious situation, and this situation is not only limited to Japan. In order to transmit and develop
Yūki-tsumugi in a sustainable manner, the implementation of concrete programmes for the trainingof transmitters and the promotion of works that have been produced by the community are important
actions. Therefore, not only approaches to safeguarding, but also marketing by private persons, themanner of exhibiting craft works within the community, holding markets, etc. become importantelements in order to avoid the interruption of the transmission. Consequently, the purposes of visiting
Yūki City were, firstly, having the participants learn about the approaches to safeguarding of the
traditional craftsmanship called Yūki-tsumugi from both the local administration and transmitters,i When the element was designated as Important Intangible Cultural Property, the following three requirements were
decided upon: (1) All yarn utilized shall be spun by hand from silk floss, and no hard twist yarn shall be utilized; (2)Kasuri (ikat) patterns shall be made by hand-tying; (3) Weaving shall be done with a back-strap loom (excerpt from theCertificate of the Bearing Body of the Important Intangible Cultural Property).

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and, secondly, having the participants learn about the approaches to promotion and marketing by theprivate sector, i.e., best practices.
First, the participants visited the Yūki Municipal Traditional Crafts Community Center andviewed the inside of the center. In the center, two trainees, who obtained a subsidy for the national“Important Intangible Cultural Property Transmission Project” and who were participating in a
Transmitter Training Project of Yūki City, were practicing spinning thread. The participants conducted
an interview with each of the trainees, while observing how they were working.
Subsequently, the participants listened to lectures delivered by the local government and Yūkitsumugi transmitters. The subjects of lectures were respectively: the actual situation and the problems
in the transmission of Yūki-tsumugi, for the lecture delivered by Ms. Kiyomi Sekine, of the Yūki
City Board of Education, and the transmission of Yūki-tsumugi techniques and its problems, for thelecture delivered by Mr. Hiroshi Nomura, the President of the Association for the Preservation of
Honba Yūki-tsumugi Weaving Techniques.
Simultaneously with high school graduation, Mr. Nomura succeeded his father, who was
engaged in the production of Yūki-tsumugi as a side job to agriculture. He constructed a workshop
on the premises of his home, and hired his wife and three weavers as employees. (The participants
did a study tour of this workshop in the afternoon.) Mr. Nomura said that he launched the Association
for the Preservation of Honba Yūki-tsumugi Weaving Techniques in 1976, that at the present time thenumber of members amounts to 109 persons, or expressed per manufacturing process, 32 persons
engaged in spinning, 36 persons engaged in kasuri (ikat) tying, and 41 persons engaged in weaving
using a back-strap loom. A feature of Yūki-tsumugi production is production on order. Therefore, if
there are no orders, it is not possible to transmit the techniques. As transmission problems they arefacing in recent years, Mr. Nomura explained that transmission of the techniques is difficult, because
in recent years demand for kasuri patterns (ikat patterns) is low, due to changing times, and that they
are facing the actual situation where no successors are being groomed, because the work of kasuri(ikat) tying is carried out by men and, therefore, it has become difficult to earn a living from Yūkitsumugi. In the present situation, even transmitters in their 50s can be considered young, and there arealmost no young successors.
Ms. Sekine narrated about the approaches after the inscription on the Representative List andabout the training of successors utilizing government subsidies. As an example, which was alsomentioned by Mr. Nomura, she explained that, in order to ward off the extinction of advanced techniques
to create intricate patterns for which there is currently almost no demand, they make cloth showing
these patterns utilizing government subsidies, and advertise them at exhibitions at markets and events.
Furthermore, she mentioned that, in order to maintain the quality of the works, there is aninspection system for Yūki-tsumugi, and that an inspection cooperative is being implemented. Since
there was not enough time, it was not possible to introduce this inspection cooperative in detail.ii
However, since it can be thought that this inspection system plays an important role in theii The history of inspection of Honba Yūki-tsumugi is old. In the Meiji Period, the Yūki Textile Association was formed,
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maintenance and improvement of quality, IRCI would like to widely share this system with otherrelevant countries in the future. (Therefore, a simple explanatory text on this inspection system has
been added in an endnote below. It would be fortunate for IRCI, if this could serve as a reference.)
Subsequently, in order to view activities conducted by private persons from the viewpoint ofmarketing and tourism, the participants visited the “Tsumugi no Yakata” (the Yūki-tsumugi Museum),which has been established by Mr. Okuzawa, the President of Okujun Ltd. Okujun Ltd., which wasestablished in Yūki City in 1907, has been continuing to transmit the tradition of Yūki-tsumugi
since its establishment as a production area wholesale dealer of Yūki-tsumugi, and in recent years
has been expanding its promotion activities for Yūki-tsumugi through approaches like, for example,
the development of high-quality contemporary apparel and interior goods that make full use of thecharacteristics of Yūki-tsumugi. Promotion and marketing of craft products needs to be considered asimportant to construct sustainable transmission systems, not only for Timor-Leste, but also for othercountries and regions that are transmitting craftsmanship. However, it appears like there are only
extremely few cases where communities do an effort to transmit their intangible cultural heritage, not
as a country, but as one community, while covering all these domains. Therefore, IRCI selected thecase of Okujun Ltd. as a study tour destination.
Mr. Okuzawa simply explained about the “Tsumugi no Yakata” (the Yūki-tsumugi Museum)that he build on the premises of his business in order to receive tourists and promote the understandingof Yūki-tsumugi, and about the promotion activities he has conducted himself thus far. Moreover, hesaid that cultures die out if there is no innovation, and that the people who transmit and make craft
works cannot live from them, if they do not sell these works. He also mentioned the inscription of
Yūki-tsumugi on the Representative List of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage. He said that this fact itself is nothing more than a mark of honor and what is
important is how to use this fact to reinvigorate Yūki-tsumugi.
When walking through Yūki City, one notices that copies of the certificate concerning theinscription on the Representative List of UNESCO are put up in wholesale businesses and shops. So,
one could feel an atmosphere where the List of the UNESCO Convention has been recognized andhas pervaded in the minds of the members of the community.

6. Group Work II: What to Do to Overcome the Problems?
Subsequently, the participants returned to Tokyo, and proceeded to the summarizing discussionof the last day.
First, each participant made a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session basedon the field notes. Subsequently, they continued the group work of the first day. On the first day,important intangible property (Japan’s inventory), inspection provisions were formally decided upon. Subsequently, in
1962, the Honba Yūki-tsumugi Inspection Cooperative was established, and an even more strict inspection started to be
conducted, because the inspections were conducted by Ibaraki Prefecture officials. The following inspection standards
were decided upon: whether the yarn is spun by hand, inspection items related to dirt, flaws, dyeing, etc. If one of thesestandards is not met, the product is rejected. To accepted products a trademark is given. Completed cloth is stored in the
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they identified and classified the problems and, based on this, they shared ideas on solutions andsummarized these.
When simply analyzing the results of group
work I and II, it became clear that the participantsconsidered the following problems as serious for
Timor-Leste: (1) First, intangible cultural heritageis becoming extinct without being documented;(2) The cause of this is that the bearers do nothave opportunities to transmit their heritage tothe younger generations, and consequently theheritage is disappearing; (3) They do not know
the know-how. Furthermore, the following points
were pointed out: (1) In an environment with diverse languages and cultures, it is not understood
what kind of intangible cultural heritage there is within the country; (2) The residents and otherpersons concerned are not aware of the importance of transmission of intangible cultural heritage;(3) Due to historical reasons, it is difficult to share information; (4) Since means of transportation arelimited, there are limits to information collection; etc. Training of human resources in the relevant
fields of expertise is an urgent business. Especially, not only relying on overseas experts, but having along-term view, when establishing domestic museums and related institutions, training of researchers
specialized in museology, architecture and cultural anthropology, acquisition of long-term positions
for administrative persons in charge, etc. are important tasks. Moreover, cooperation within formal
education, the formulation of a framework for safeguarding as a state, etc. have been pointed out asother needs.
After receiving the results of group work I, the participants engaged in discussion to overcome
the problems as group work II on the last day.
Looking back, one may say that what is necessary in Timor-Leste is a road map forcomprehensive safeguarding of intangible heritage. Unplanned and haphazard support and reforms
are, on the contrary, harmful to the value of traditional folk culture, and cause confusion about theway transmission should work. It may be thought that creating a simple manual that makes thesafeguarding of intangible heritage possible and that clearly expresses purposes, ideas, and methods
will lead to avoiding such a situation, and will finally result in the internalization of these structuresand mechanisms in the region. Especially, in Timor-Leste there is dissatisfaction about the fact thatthe central government and local administrative officials cannot remain in charge for a long time.
Without this part, it is possible that vague interpretations and policies are articulated, when the people
in charge change, and it may become impossible to design a sustainable safeguarding system.
In the case of safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, the ideal way of working is topresent diverse best practices to the people of the community, and have these people implement thesafeguarding strategy that is the most suitable to the community. However, many communities do
not understand the process of where and how to start. Therefore, what IRCI would like to propose
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together, who bring the people and their intangible heritage together. IRCI felt that the training ofsuch core human resources or realizing the support and preparation of conditions for training areurgent business. What is necessary is not having the hard aspects precede, but preparing a support
system for soft aspects and providing support for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage,
after having sufficiently conducted discussion and research.

7. Conclusion and Proposals
After the workshop Ms. Ohnuki summarized the workshop discussion with some proposals
which she prepared on the basis of analysis of group work I&II. The points she raised are summarized
as follows.
In the case of the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, the ideal way of working is topresent diverse best practices to the people of the community, and have these people implement thesafeguarding strategy that is the most suitable to their community. However, I often hear opinions
along the lines that many communities do not understand the process of where and how to start,
would like to know more about know-how, etc. Therefore, what I would like to propose is providing
the necessary information and training interpreters who give advice. This means training what should
be called intermediaries who bring the people in the community and other people together, whobring the people and performing arts together. I propose to conduct training of such interpreters, or toprovide support and to prepare the conditions for training of such interpreters.

(1) A Manual on the Way to Support Traditional Folk Culture(a) The Creation of Guidelines for Creative Transmission(b) The Creation of a Manual for Understanding the Actual Situation(2) Training of Leaders (interpreters)(3) The Implementation Process at the Actual Location(a) The Creation of Documentation by the People of the Region(b) The Classification of the Techniques(c) The Organization of the Transmission(d) The Preparation of Locations for the Performance of the Results(4) The Accumulation and Distribution of Documentation(5) An Examination of the Possibility of Developing Traditional Folk Culture

The creation of a mechanism for creative transmission can, of course, not only be promoted
by means of a manual on the way to support traditional folk culture. One more thing is required
here, i.e. leading human resources who are capable of providing advice concerning the use of themanual, of thinking objectively, of pointing out flaws, etc. The purpose is linking this to the creationof a mechanism for autonomous transmission inside the community, through presenting a road map
for leadership and transmission based on the manual, and initiating the people of the region in thisroadmap.

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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)The creation of the manual and the training of interpreters are, as it were, activities in which
outsiders play a key role. However, support for folk performing arts that are closely embedded in
the region, of course, has to consist mainly of activities that are conducted on the actual location.
Therefore, what I would like to present next are support activities that are really conducted in theregion and ways in which the activities need to be accomplished by local residents. The points (a)to (d) below are things that are conducted during the implementation process on the actual location
within a series of flows.

The Implementation Process at the Actual Location:(a) The Creation of Documentation by the People of the Region
Documentation of performing arts by outside researchers has so far frequently been
conducted. However, this is transient documentation, and it rarely happens that, through this type of
documentation, local residents are edified, or creative transmission is triggered. Therefore, by having
the study and documentation themselves conducted by the hands of the people of the region, basedon the manual for understanding the actual situation that has been created, it is possible to have thesepeople learn about the nature and meaning of their own original culture, through this process. This
will lead to the promotion of the formation of communities that are centered around folk performing
arts and the spontaneous construction of transmission systems.
(b) The Classification of the Techniques
Each type of performing arts possesses its own peculiar techniques. Classifying thesetechniques and skills constitutes transmission of the art, while at the same time it is connected to thesystematization of these techniques. However, this does not constitute conventional classification oftechniques like it is conducted with the intention of “preservation”. This leads to standardization of
the “types” of the arts, and stops their growth as “living” performing arts. In this case, this means
systematization of the basic techniques that make up each of the performing arts, and the purposes
are the creation of new works and the diversification of expressions, in the sense of merger with otherperforming arts. In other words, this means cultivating an environment where new art forms can enter
into existence as development types for folk performing arts.
(c) The Organization of the Transmission
In each region, cases where preservation associations and societies have been organized in order
to transmit peculiar folk performing arts can frequently be found. These associations and societies
certainly fulfill the function of actors transmitting performance arts and techniques. However, they are
not necessarily transmitting performance arts that serve as a communication tools that shape regionalsociety. What I envision here is the creation of organizations that serve as a platform where elderly
people pass on performance arts to the subsequent generations, and as a platform for intergenerational
communication. Especially, since in the case of traditional folk songs, a prominent aspect is theindividuality of the art, the majority of the organizations and communities that are centered aroundthis type of songs have disappeared. It is difficult for transmitters of such performing arts to form
transmission organizations on their own initiative, and it may be thought that support is needed. The
purpose of such organizations is recreating in the present, as organizations, an environment where,
just like in the old days, children naturally come into contact with and learn about performing arts intheir daily lives, and, in doing so, passing on the meaning of these performing arts.

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If an individual ends up just mastering skills or performing arts, this means that this performance
art is merely a hobby, and this will not lead to the formation of active communities and creativetransmission. One may assume that, through demonstrating performing arts that they have learned or
are learning, performers will further cultivate their skills, and that they will deepen their awareness ofthese performing arts. Moreover, if the other residents of the region enjoy the performance conductedby people who are close to them, the number of people who newly recognize these performancearts may increase. Here, one regional community may emerge. Therefore, a location where theperforming arts are performed as a result of earlier practice is prepared. This means rather thanestablishing performance facilities, providing opportunities where people can perform. For example,
one may restore a location where at a time in the past performances were conducted in the form offestivals or annual events, even if it is eventually only a pseudo-restoration. All the people, i.e. thepeople who act in folk performing arts, the people who watch these, and the people who help out inthese, share these and, therefore, they can really be called “performing arts”.

The Accumulation and Distribution of Documentation:
Through continuously conducting the above-mentioned points (1) to (3) of the process,documentation, techniques and transmission know-how concerning folk performing arts will
inevitably accumulate. Unifying such information concerning each individual region and item of
performing arts, and further opening it to the public will stimulate the edification of people in otherregions and networking between each region. Therefore, as one process in the manners of support,
it is required to establish institutions, organizations and facilities that play a central role in fulfillingthese functions.
After having proceeded to the final discussion, the closing ceremony was held.
Ms. Cecilia Maria Belo de Assis, General-Director of Arts and Culture of the Ministry of
Tourism, delivered a closing address as the representative of the participants of Timor-Leste. She
said that the five-day study tour had been extremely productive and expressed her gratitude towards
all persons involved in the study tour. Mr. Masanori Nagaoka, from the UNESCO Jakarta Office,expressed his gratitude towards IRCI and said that it was important to build cooperative relations in
the future. Finally, Ms. Ohnuki, Deputy Director of IRCI, expressed her gratitude towards Ms. Assisand Mr. Nagaoka, said that, thanks to the active participation of all participants, the programme hadturned out to be successful, and spoke words of gratitude towards the lecturers in the study tour, thepeople of the communities who kindly and willingly consented to accept the study tour, the museum
officials, and the interpreters. Furthermore, interpretation from Tetum language to Portuguese
language was delivered, and supplementary explanation was provided. Ms. Ohnuki extended her
gratitude towards Mr. Nuno Vasco da Silva Miranda de Oliveira, who cooperated in deepening theunderstanding of the participants. Moreover, she stated that she would summarize the content of the
five-day study tour and would widely share it with interested persons in countries of the Asia-PacificRegion who were not able to participate in the study tour. Thus, the programme came to an end.

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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)“What is the most serious problem I am facing? What is the solution to that problem?”Results of group work to analyze the issues related to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Timor-Leste

Lack of an educational curriculum in schools andresearch institutions
Problems• There are no courses
or curricula that handle
culture• There are no places in
the country to study
cultural subjects such as
cultural anthropology,
music, drama, dance,
etc.
• There are no places toreceive education in
specialized intangible
cultural heritage

Ideas for solutions• Prepare the curriculaof schools and research
institutes in their local
languages• In teaching materials(publications, DVDs),
handle, disseminate,
and utilize information
about the intangible
cultural heritage thatexists in the country.

The impact of globalization
Problems
Young people do notshow any interest in theculture of their own
country

Problems• There is a shortage ofequipment for surveying
and recording intangible
cultural heritage (video
cameras and cameras, GPSmeasuring instruments,
computers, etc.)• There is not a big enoughbudget for regional surveys(including means oftransportation)• There is not a big enoughproject budget for
promoting thesafeguarding of intangible
cultural heritage

Ideas for solutions• The government shouldcarefully allocate and secure
the budget for safeguarding
traditional culture within thestate budget.
• Negotiate withorganizations other thanNGOs and governments toconstruct cooperative
relationships.
• Build up funds for
safeguarding intangible
cultural heritage.
• Establish a scholarshipsystem and create
opportunities for exposure tooverseas practices.

Problems
There is intangible cultural
heritage that cannot behanded down to the young
generation because thepreservers are alreadydead• The diverse intangible
cultural heritage in the
country has not beenassessed and recorded• We want to make records
while the successors arestill alive but we do notknow what to do so wehave not achieved thisThe human resources are not developed
Problems• There are no human resources that cankeep records of intangible cultural
heritage• There are no leaders that can develop
human resources for the safeguarding ofintangible cultural heritage• There is a shortage of the humanresources capable of handling specializedﬁelds such as cultural anthropology, etc.
• Three are no researchers in areas such as
museology, architectural engineering, etc.
• There are no specialists possessing theknow-how for creating inventories• There are no government leaders thatcan promote human resources
development• The term in oﬃce of national oﬃcials is
not guaranteed long term. (There are
exams once every two years.)

Problems• Even if you go to thearea you are in chargeof yourself, there arelong distances to travel
so it is diﬃcult to movearound and thenecessary information
cannot be gathered

Ideas for solutions• Development of
infrastructure such as
roads, etc.
• Obtain cars andmotorcycles for
information gathering

Records of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH)
are not being kept

There is a shortage of revenue sources

Ideas for solutions• Participate in human resources training
implemented overseas• Choose two craftwork successors for eachof 13 prefectures and put in place a speciﬁc
support structure• The government should establish ascholarship system to develop the
successors• For each of the respective craftwork
techniques the national government should
identify successors who can teach thetechniques and develops them as leaders.
• Establish a system under which nationaloﬃcials can continue utilizing the experience
they acquired during their term of oﬃce.
• Build up funds and ensure there is enoughhuman capital.

Information gathering about intangible cultural heritageis diﬃcult

Access to the community is diﬃcult(geographical features)

Ideas for solutions• Create a booklet
containing documentation
methods• Through eﬀective ideas(TV and books), aim toraise awareness ofintangible cultural heritage• Create a format for theinventory• Purchase the equipment
necessary for the records,
including video and audio
recorders, cameras, etc.

Problems• Even if national oﬃcials go to the community for
information gathering the successors are involvedin agricultural work and do not listen to what theoﬃcials have to say.
• There are cases in which they are skeptical about
disclosing information about the intangible cultural
heritage due to the historical background(exploitation, etc. of information, etc.)• The external researchers and people who enter
the community with the objective of conducting
surveys have developed the habit of paying acertain amount of money to the community inorder to gather information.
• They do not have the know-how to researchintangible cultural heritage so they do not know
the information gathering methods.
• The communities are reluctant to open up theinformation about intellectual property, etc.

The handling of secret ceremonies
and sacred intangible cultural
heritage is not understood

It is not possible to carry out safeguarding
activities consistently because languages
and cultures are diverse

Problems• Religious ceremonies
performed in homes areeach sacred, and problems
will arise if they are
revealed to outsiders, so
ﬁeld surveys, etc. cannot
be conducted• There is an oral tradition
saying that if a person tells
outsiders about thecontent of the secretceremonies that person
will die, so it is not possible
to gather information

Problems• Ways of thinking diﬀer,
and languages are diverse
so it is diﬃcult to gain
access to communities andreach a shared awareness• Sixteen languages are
spoken and they are only
spoken in their respective
regions, so understandingis impossible

There is a lack of perception of and interest in intangible
cultural heritage in countries and communities
Problems• People have no awarenessof understanding andencouraging the culture of
their own country• People do not have any
perception of the value of theculture their own country• People in the community
are not able to accessinformation that shows theimportance of intangible
cultural heritage• The government’s
perception of intangible
cultural heritage is lacking• The promulgation of rules
and laws is not very pervasive

Ideas for solutions• Build a building for storing the data
and materials gathered in the surveys,
and make it a place in which the data
and materials can be shared in thecommunity• Create a place under the name of the
Culture Center in which the people ofthe community can gather together,and continue talking about themes thatare important for them
• Establish a system that grants someform of qualiﬁcation in the area of
intangible cultural heritage to elders(that preserve the intangible cultural
heritage of the community)

Ideas for solutions• Work with the government
oﬃcials to implement a marketingand publicity campaign forcraftworks.
• Hold national and local festivals of
intangible cultural heritage• Hold workshops to increase
perceptions of laws for safeguarding
intangible cultural heritage• Show a video of good practices for
safeguarding intangible cultural
heritage in the community• Produce regular printed
publications and send them tocommunity leaders.
• Utilize TV and radio programs to
inform the public

There are no national government
regulations for safeguarding
intangible cultural heritage
Ideas for solutions• Establish laws for safeguarding
intangible cultural heritage at thenational level• Ratify the 2003 Convention• Create ordinances for
safeguarding intangible cultural
heritage in local governments
Matters that can be commented
on based on these issues:
Support structure for hardware
and software aspects
A large amount of collaboration
with education
Developing the core humanresources
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2. Lectures
2.1. Safeguarding Policies and Institutions at National Level

Japanese Administrative System for Safeguarding ICH
Kensaku Kikuchi
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2. Lectures
2.2. Safeguarding Policies and Institutional Frameworks at Community Level
2.2.1. Oga Community, Oga City, Akita Prefecture

Engagements for the Preservation, Transmission, and Displayof the Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, ‘Oga no Namahage’
Yusuke Igarashi
Chief Curator, Cultural Asset Team, Lifelong Learning Division,
Oga Municipal Board of Education, Akita, Japan

1. Overview of Oga City
Oga City, Akita Prefecture, is located in the northeastern area (Tohoku) forming the northern
portion of Japan’s Honshu Island. Akita Prefecture is itself in the northern part of Tohoku. Oga City
covers the entire Oga Peninsular that juts into the Japan Sea at roughly the middle point of Akita’s
seacoast.
Total area is 240.80 km2, with east to west length of 23.88 km, and north to south, 24.36 km.
The population (as of 31 October, 2013) of Oga City is 31,036 persons.
As for climate, the mean annual temperature is 10.8°C, with annual precipitation of 1,919 mm(2011, Japan Meteorological Agency). As Oga has a coastal climate, it has relatively warmer wintersand cooler summers than interior portions of Akita Prefecture, and Oga also has, comparatively, very
little snowfall. Official symbols have been established to represent the characteristics of the city:
the city flower is the camellia (tsubaki), the city bird is the grey heron (aosagi), the city tree is theJapanese cedara cryptomeria (sugi), and the city fish is the sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus) (hatahata). The broader city area is blessed with a variety of plants and animals, and much of the city is
located within the Oga National Park. With respect to the geoparks concept, a global engagementwith UNESCO a key driver, the earth mantle movements that formed the Japan archipelago, andthe cultural environments fostered in the land masses resulting from those changes, have received
worldwide recognition, and the ‘Oga Peninsula-Ogata Geopark’ has been approved as a Japanese
geopark.
Main industries are agriculture, chiefly rice farming, fisheries, and tourism, with visitors
enjoying the area’s abundant natural beauty, the hot springs baths, and swimming in the sea. Oga City
also has numerous cultural properties, including the Goshado hall of Akagami Shrine and the ruinsof Wakimoto castle. In fact, a total of 70 sites in the city are national, prefecture, or city-designatedcultural properties.
The city’s vision aims at Oga City serving as a “City of culture, with abundant education,
tourism, and natural environments”. We consider Oga no Namahage-related efforts as one of ourimportant policies for linking together city areas, for cultural transmission, and for boosting tourism.

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2. The Oga no Namahage
On New Year’s Eve night, 31 December (in Japanese, ‘O-misoka’), Oga no Namahage isperformed at sites virtually everywhere in the Oga Peninsula. Young persons in the village (orneighborhood) put on the full-body straw covering, called a ‘kede’, cover their faces with masks, andgo from house to house, saying (in the local dialect), “Are there any crying children here? Any lazy
ones?” This is the Namahage ‘monster’. According to the customary practice from olden times, thefamily then politely serves the Namahage food and saké (rice wine). The Namahage then exorcises
any potential calamities from the home, purifies evil hearts, and prays for an abundant harvest offood and fish. Persons who perform the Namahage, prior to their visiting local homes, first go to theirlocal shrine or holy place and perform the ‘jikkon’ ritual (literally, “letting the spirits of the gods enter
one’s mind and body”, or becoming intimate with the local gods). Only after they have undergone
this total purification can a person become a Namahage.
The Namahage practice is thought to have already been in place in Japan’s Edo period (16031867). A certain Masumi Sagae depicted in an 1811 painting the Namahage as performed in anarea of Oga known as Miyazawa. This is the oldest historical document known today depicting
the Namahage. The Oga no Namahage has been transmitted from generation to generation as animportant folk practice in the region; it is deeply imbedded in the daily lives of local people, and overtime, the custom has undergone variations in each local area to become the Namahage practices oftoday.
Namahage has been showcased on television and in other media, and it has a high recognition
rate nationwide as a representative practice of Akita Prefecture. In a survey of Oga City citizens
regarding what they are proud of about their city, over 40% responded, ‘Namahage’. While on the
one hand Namahage’s fame serves as an excellent tourist resource, one problem is that what occurs asa traditional practice on the night of 31 December has not been completely correctly spread.

3. Oga no Namahage as a Cultural Property: Preservation and Transmission
In Japan, where there are numerous folk cultural properties, Oga no Namahage has a uniqueform transmitted over generations. Rather than having just one preservation society engaged with thetradition for the entire city as a whole, there are a number of organisations in Oga City that performtheir own respective activities. These include, for example, individual neighborhood associations,groups comprised only of children or only of adults, youth clubs, and so on, each having their own
Namahage-related activities and events. With the decline of city population, districts exist where
communities not having enough members to carry on by themselves have joined together withmultiple other neighborhood associations to perform activities. With such year-on-year changes
occurring, it is impossible to secure accurate numbers regarding practices; however, on 31 December,
2012, there were approximately 70 activities undertaken in the district.
The following five points can be considered main engagements performed by Oga City aimed
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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)(1) The collection of old masks
The mask is core gear for Namahage performance. Since Namahage involves vehement body
movements, both inside and outside the home, in most cases, masks require repair every year.
Depending on the geographical area, while some masks have been handed down from olden times
and carefully preserved, when a mask is damaged beyond a wearable state, it has to be replaced
by a new one. We have requested that such damaged masks be donated to the city, which strives topreserve them. This provides the local area the opportunity to review, over a long period, the historyof their masks. Old masks reflect the characteristics of the industry and production, etc., within thearea in the period the mask was made and used: for example, coastal villages may use seaweed torepresent the hair of Namahage, while a rice-growing village may use a zaru (bamboo basket) in themask, or a mountain village use wood as material, and a wide variety of other examples.
Many of the collected masks are displayed in the Namahage Museum, a facility located in Oga
City. As items that were actually used, these masks show the diversity of our regions and also givemuseum visitors a feel for the Namahage experience.

(2) Holding of Namahage clothing-making classes
After the mask, the clothing is the next important tool in the performance of Namahage.
Although this clothing has slightly different names according to the city district, in most cases it
is called ‘kede’. Kede are made from straw harvested the same year. Inasmuch as a certain lengthof straw is required for a kede, growing straw is not machine-cut, but rather harvested by hand.
This straw is woven into the kede, and Oga City is striving to have such straw-weaving techniques
transmitted down the generations. Called ‘kede-making classes’, hands-on training in kede-weaving isprovided to middle-school students living in Oga City. These sessions are held annually, in November
and December, in areas that seek to revive their Namahage traditions, or in areas that have informed
Oga City that they have no more kede clothing. Inasmuch as traditional weaving practices may differ
from area to area, as much as possible, senior persons within the community are asked to serve asteachers.

(3) Creation of records and publications
The folk practice Oga no Namahage is closely related to the daily lives of local persons, andhas been passed down through the ages with changes reflecting differences in historical periods. For
example, it is said that the ‘saké’ that goes around at Namahage time was, at one time, Japanese sakéor unrefined saké (doburoku), while today there is also beer or juice (inasmuch as youth under thedrinking age (20) are often involved as Namahage). There have also been changes in the way masks
are repaired, or in the words spoken by the Namahage, with some old ways having already become
extinct. Therefore, whenever the opportunity presents itself, we seek to record on film or video
current practices, costumes, and styles. Also, it is well known that as Namahage has become a tourist
attraction, and has a high recognition-rate nationwide, there have been some resulting changes in the
Namahage tradition. This is a major issue, and we also create pamphlets and illustrated guides, etc.,
in order to disseminate the correct meanings and customs of Namahage.

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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)(4) Assistance grants
The practice of Namahage also serves to maintain links between different areas in thecity. Therefore, not only as a means of protecting this cultural property, but also with the purpose ofrevitalizing local areas, assistance is granted in the form of monetary subsidies to the neighborhood
associations that carry out the Namahage practices.

(5) Dissemination and publicity
As the Namahage practice is deeply integrated with local culture, some citizens see Namahage
as a ‘matter of course’. Thus, evaluations of Namahage from outside Oga City and outside Akita
Prefecture are used to raise local awareness of the culture, and to foster pride in this tradition that has
been highly evaluated nationwide.
Since Namahage is performed in every locality on 31 December, although persons may
participate in the Namahage practices of their own district, they have very few chances to view
Namahage as practiced in other areas. We have thus established the Namahage Museum (described
below) as well as pamphlets, etc., that help to disseminate knowledge of actual local practices. For
even easier access, we have also created an Internet site where one can find this information. We arealso aiming to pass on other related information, such as via pamphlets that introduce the methods ofcreating the kede clothing for the Namahage.

4. Engagements at the Namahage Museum: Business Operations, andDisplays
The Namahage Museum is one of Oga City’s tourist facilities, located in the city’s Kitaurashinzan district. The Museum was established in 1999, with the aims of preserving and transmitting
Oga no Namage, and raising awareness regarding this tradition, and also with the purpose of serving
as a tourist hub. To increase its capacity for attracting tourists, additional building was inaugurated in2013, as well as a renewal overhaul. In addition to displays that introduce the practices of Namahage,
150 masks are also displayed, masks that were used in previous times, as well as a few masks that are
still in use today.
Display arrangements in the Museum are as follows.

• Namahage information cornerBooks, materials, and pictures concerning Namahage, and information search capabilities.
Mystery
hall•Videos and graphics regarding nature in Oga City, plus the city’s daily life and culture, andcomputer search capabilities.
• Namahage transmission hall
A 15-minute video showing Namahage as practiced on 31 December, etc., is shown on alarge screen.
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actually be used in local Namahage practices).
Displaycorner•Graphic panels introduce representative legends of Namahage.
Similar practices in other countries are introduced, as well as masks from other parts of
Akita Prefecture that have similar practices.
• Namahage ‘line-up’ corner
Display and collection of Namahage masks, currently 150 masks (60 masks before theMuseum renewal reopening).
As for Museum business operations, a designated manager system has been introduced. The
Museum building is owned by Oga City, and the additional building and large-scale renewal were
implemented by the city. For the Museum’s operations and visitor-attraction activities, however, as
well as for daily operations and business activities, the Oga Regional Promotion Public Corporation(a joint-stock company) is in charge.
Every year, between 120,000 and 140,000 people visit the Namahage Museum, with a total of
1.75 million visitors since its opening in 1999. As a hub facility for Oga City tourism, visitors comenot only from all parts of Japan, but also in recent years, as tour groups from other Asian countries.
As stated above, not only is the Namahage Museum a key tourist facility, it also enables local
citizens to see the masks and practices of other areas of their city, inasmuch as the Namahage eventsoccur at the same time in every district of Oga City. As the sole institution of its kind dedicated tomaking known the actual practices and status of each local area, the Namahage Museum thus plays
an extremely important role in the preservation and transmission of Oga no Namahage culture.
Next to the Museum is the Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum, which is dedicated solely to there-enactment of Namahage practices that cannot be understood simply by Museum display alone.
Here one also views a reconstruction of the interior of an old local home, itself a nationally registeredtangible cultural property building. Here one can observe display of a visit of the Namahage to a local
home, and the practices that accompany that visit. The practices are based on those of the Shinzan
area in which the Folklore Museum is located. The business operations are performed by the Shinzan
Shrine, thus differently from those of the Namahage Museum.
As every year-end approaches, Oga City receives numerous inquiries regarding the Namahage
which is so well-known throughout Japan. “Where can we view the Namahage practices on New
Year’s Eve?”, and “Where can we see the real, traditional Namahage practices?” Yet since theNamahage visits each of the family homes in the area on 31 December, it is extremely difficult fora tourist to view and experience the Namahage practices. For this reason, the Oga Shinzan Folklore
Museum, with its reconstructions, enables visitors to have a hands-on experience of the Namahage all
year round, making this Museum a precious resource.

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5. Conclusion
Oga Namahage, a nationally designated important intangible folk culture property, is also a
representative tourist attraction of Akita Prefecture, and has become well known throughout Japan.
Meanwhile, it is also a fact that many forms of the Namahage that have become known are actually
not authentic practices. Perhaps, for example, there are many Japanese who believe that the Namahage
consists of putting on a ‘demon’ mask, and frightening local children until they shed tears.
It is a fact, however, that such frightening of children (due to the mask, etc., of the Namahage)is only one small part of the Namahage practices — at any rate, the grandfather and father of the homealways speak up for the children, saying, “These are good children”. This is an important occasion
for renewing the bonds between parents and children. The Namahage also has many educational
aspects, including the fact that children know that when they do something wrong, even if no one elseis watching, the Namahage can see them. The Namahage not only focuses on the children, but also
the older persons of a household, telling them, “The New Year is coming, so you must stay positiveand happy!” or “Stay healthy!” Thus, this is surely not an event solely for reproving and admonishingchildren.
The persons who become Namahage are chiefly individuals from the local district. Thus, thepeople of the community work together in fostering their children and taking care of their seniorpersons, to protect all — this serves to bind the region together. For the local people, then, Oga no
Namahage is a very important ritual.
We therefore must not be only concerned with the one aspect of preserving this culturalproperty. The citizens and government of Oga City must work as one in striving to maintain and passon the practices of Oga no Namahage. At the same time, we believe that it is our duty, as persons wholive at this time, to communicate the authentic aspects of this rich local tradition and its practices.

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2. Lectures
2.2. Safeguarding Policies and Institutional Frameworks at Community Level
2.2.1. Oga Community, Oga City, Akita Prefecture

Lecture Material

Information of Namahage Museum

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2. Lectures
2.2. Safeguarding Policies and Institutional Frameworks at Community Level
2.2.2. Yuki Community, Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Engagements of Yuki City for the Safeguardingof Yuki-Tsumugi Production Techniques
Kiyomi Sekine
Chief, Division for Sports and Culture in the Yuki Municipal Board of Education, Ibaraki, Japan

1. Overview of Yuki City
Yuki City is located roughly in the centre of the Kanto Plain, in the westernmost part of Ibaraki
Prefecture. The city has a population of around 53,000 people. The city is nestled in a land blessedwith scenic beauty and an abundance of natural environments: to the east is Kinugawa River, Tagawa
River is in the north, and Nishiniregawa River flows in the east, and there are rural sections of fields
and trees, as well as Mt. Tsukuba-san.
Since Japan’s Kamakura period (1185-1333), when Tomomitsu Yuki built his grand residence
here, Yuki prospered as the castle town of the Yuki Family. Even today Yuki City follows the town
divisions set in 1598 by the 18th generation family head, Hideyasu Yuki. Shrines and temples dot
the city landscape, and one still finds many buildings constructed in the old ‘kura’ (‘warehouse’)architectural style. Agriculture has flourished here since olden times, with the production of numerous
crops as well as rice, including hakusai (Chinese cabbage), gourds for dried gourd shavings (kanpyo),tomatoes, etc. As for traditional productions, in addition to Yuki-tsumugi silk textiles, the town also
has crafted goods from paulownia wood, including kiri-geta (traditional Japanese wooden clogs) andkiri-tansu (chests of drawers), plus other products, including refined sake (seishu), and so on.
The completed National Road No. 50 was opened in 2002, and currently, progress is being
made on city projects including new urban development and industrial area rezoning. Yuki City isthus gaining prominence as a site of major development in the greater capital region, and it continues
to progress towards its goal of serving as a hub city in the north Kanto region.
As for designated cultural properties, there are two nationally designated cultural properties,
Yuki-tsumugi and a historical site dating from Japan’s Nara period (710-794), the Yuki dilapidated
temple ruins (haiji-ato). The city also boasts 17 prefecture-designated cultural properties, and 81
city-designated cultural properties. Further, 28 ‘warehouse’-style buildings and other structures arenationally registered tangible cultural properties, the second highest number of such registrations in
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2. Overview of Yuki-tsumugi
Yuki-tsumugi is produced in an area along the Kinugawa River (approximately 20 km) in both
Tochigi and Ibaraki Prefectures. The production is centered in Yuki City and its neighboring townof Oyama City in Tochigi Prefecture, with peripheral areas including Yachiyo Town, Chikusei City,
Shimotsuke City, Shimotsuma City, etc.
The Yuki district has over a thousand-year history of woven stuff production, and the origin of
Yuki-tsumugi is said to be the ‘Ashiginu’ silk offered to the Imperial Court during the Nara period.
Due to its strength, warriors favoured Yuki silk clothing during the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
From the time of the first head of the Yuki family, Tomomitsu, the Yuki family heads from generation
to generation protected and fostered silk production. Over time, Yuki-tsumugi established its place
as a famous regional product. In the ‘Wakan Sansai Zue’ (Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia,
1713) of the Edo period (1603-1867), Yuki-tsumugi was introduced as a highest-class silk product.
The ‘splash pattern’ called ‘kasuri’ was introduced during the Meiji Period (1868-1912); before that,either plain style or striped patterns were chiefly used.
There are two types of Yuki-tsumugi: ‘plain weave’ (hiraori) and ‘crepe weave’ (chijimiori).
In ‘plain weave’, thread that has been hand-spun from silk floss is used as is (i.e., without twisting)as warp thread and woof thread, and woven. In ‘crepe weave’, weft (woof) thread is strongly twisted— this weaving style began in the late Meiji period. From the Taisho period (1912-26) to the middleof the Showa period (1926-89), this style flourished, as young women favoured the unique feeling on
the skin of ‘crepe weave’; in 1962, ‘crepe weave’ accounted for 86% of all Yuki-tsumugi produced.
On 24 April, 1956, Yuki-tsumugi ‘plain weave’ (hiraori) style was designated an important
intangible cultural property, and the “Association for the Preservation of Honba Yuki-tsumugi
Weaving Techniques” received government approval as the official preservation organisation. Since
the national designation of hiraori style, there has been an annual decline in the production of‘crepe weave’ (chijimiori), and today it accounts for only 3% of total production. It should be noted,
however, that in 1953, chijimiori weaving technique was designated by Ibaraki Prefecture as anintangible cultural property.
Kimono made from Yuki-tsumugi are lightweight, warm, and strong, and the more the ownerwears the garment, the more it fits naturally on their body. It is said that the Yuki-tsumugi kimono
can be passed on from parent to child, and then on to a grandchild, for three generations. Pongee
silk — the soft thin cloth woven from raw silk used for Yuki-tsumugi — is not for formal wear, but
for garments worn in daily life. Yet Yuki-tsumugi clothing are known as high-class, fashionablegarments of this type. While in the past Yuki-tsumugi was worn mainly by men, today, roughly 90%
of production is used by women. The amount of Yuki-tsumugi produced is on the decline — in the
top-producing period around 1980, 30,000 tan (a fabric measurement of at least 10 m in length forkimono) were produced, while today less than one-tenth that amount — around 2,000 tan yearly— is produced. This is thought to be due to changes in daily lifestyle in Japan, as there are few
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3. Yuki-tsumugi Production Process
Pongee (tsumugi) is a kind of textile made with thread pulled from floss silk (from boiled
cocoons). Silkworms make the cocoons. Silkworms grow while eating mulberry tree leaves, withrepeated shedding of skin; they make their cocoons from the thread they eject from their mouths, andbecome a chrysalis. Boiled in baking soda, the cocoons become soft, and in warm water, they open up
in a bag-like shape — this is floss silk (mawata). The work of spreading the cocoons to make the floss
silk is called ‘mawata-kake’. Pongee was originally known as ‘waste cocoons’, because deformed or
dirty cocoons that could not become silk thread were used to make clothing for the daily lives of theworkers themselves. Thread made by pulling directly from the cocoon is called ‘raw silk’. Material
made from raw silk is smooth and glossy, while pongee looks like cotton and has a plain sense, with aunique feel and silk’s brilliant aspects subdued. The Yuki district is suited for the growth of mulberrytrees that serve as food for silkworms, and silkworm production has flourished here since olden days;
over time, pongee became a byproduct of that production. Today as always only raw material is usedthat has passed a strict selection process. To make a single tan measure of Yuki-tsumugi (pongee),around 2,000 silkworms and 370-380 floss silk units are required. In the past, silkworm production
was performed within Yuki City, but today, high-quality floss silk is purchased from Hobara Town inFukuoka Prefecture.
There are more than 40 stages in the production process for Yuki-tsumugi. Even today, eachand every process is performed by hand. There are three nationally designated requirements for thisproduction:(1) All yarn used must be spun by hand from silk floss, and no hard-twisted yarn may be
used;(2) When making a kasuri (‘splash’ or ikat) pattern, the skein must be tied by hand;(3) A ‘back-strap’ (izari-ori) loom (jibata) must be used.
The pongee thread (ito-tsumugi) is stiffened by wrapping the floss silk (mawata) around a tool
called a tsukushi (a kind of standing spool), and while pulling out the end of the thread with fingers
on one hand, wetting the thread with spittle with the fingers of the other hand. While ordinary thread
is strengthened by twisting, the thread used for Yuki-tsumugi is non-twisted thread (munen-shi), andeven worldwide, the use of non-twisted thread is said to be very rare. It takes two to three months tospin enough thread for one tan unit of fabric.
‘Kasuri-kukuri’ (or ‘kasuri-kubiri’ — literally, “binding together for a splash pattern”) is atechnique for applying a pattern to the thread. Woven goods are either pre-dyed (i.e., the thread isdyed before weaving) or post-dyed (dyeing colors onto cloth after it has been woven); Yuki-tsumugi
is pre-dyed. Following the design plan, each portion to which india ink has been applied is bound,one by one, with cotton yarn. If the same pressure is not applied evenly for this binding, the pattern
will be uneven when dyed. The more detailed the pattern, the more times the binding process mustbe performed. A highly detailed pattern requires binding at several tens of thousands of sites. A
representative Yuki-tsumugi pattern is the ‘tortoise-shell’, with a cross set into each hexagon to forma tortoise-shell pattern. For a textile cloth width of approximately 38 centimeters, the ‘80 tortoiseshell’ size has 80 of these individual tortoise shell patterns, and the ‘160 tortoise shell’ size has 160.

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Thus, the larger the number, the smaller the size of each individual ‘tortoise shell’, and the higher
level of binding technique is required. Yuki-tsumugi is order-made; thus the craftsman does notdetermine the design, but rather follows the pattern requested by the ordering wholesaler.
The dyeing process is performed by a specialist worker known as a ‘koya’ (dyer). ‘Slap dyeing’(tataki-some) is where the thread is beaten onto a rack for the dye to penetrate — the strength of thebeating must be modified according to the strength of each individual binder’s work. While in thepast indigo dyeing was the main type for Yuki-tsumugi, today chemical dyes account for 90% of dyed
Yuki-tsumugi, enabling the production of fabrics with a wide variety of color combinations.
‘Jibata-ori’ is the weaving process using the ancient loom called the jibata. A strap aroundthe weaver’s waist enables tension adjustments to the warp (vertical) thread, ensuring that no load isapplied to the hand-spun thread. Woof (horizontal) thread is pressed with the loom alternatively using
an osa (reed yarn guide) and a hi (oaken shuttle), a unique process. This enables production of fabricwith luster and a tight thickness. It takes at least one month of weaving to make a single tan unit of
fabric, while over half a year is required to weave an intricate pattern.
Each of the above-described processes is performed by a separate specialist, meaning thatYuki-tsumugi is the fruit of the handiwork of numerous individuals working together. The slap
dyeing is performed by men, the spinning by older women, while mainly younger women do theloom weaving.

4. The Association for the Preservation of Honba Yuki-tsumugi Weaving
Techniques
At the time of its national designation, Yuki-tsumugi was first considered for a comprehensive
designation, such that all workers were considered as holders. Six persons were chosen as
representatives, two each from the spinning, dyeing, and loom-weaving processes, respectively.
Thereafter, with the revision of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties in July 1975,
a change was made from the comprehensive designation to a designated organisation. Thus, theAssociation for the Preservation of Honba Yuki-tsumugi Weaving Techniques was established on 2
March, 1976, and on 30 April, 1976, the Association received official designation as the preservation
organisation of the Important Intangible Cultural Property, Yuki-tsumugi. The Yuki Municipal Boardof Education, Sports Section, serves as the secretariat of this preservation organisation.
When first established, the Association had 171 regular members, including top-notch experts:
60 spinners (30 from Ibaraki Prefecture, 30 from Tochigi Prefecture), 50 specialists of making
kasuri patterns by hand-tying (25 from Ibaraki Prefecture, 25 from Tochigi Prefecture), and 50 loom
operators (25 from Ibaraki Prefecture, 25 from Tochigi Prefecture). Currently, the Association has
108 regular members (32 spinners, 36 specialists of making kasuri patterns by hand-tying, 40 loom
operators). This decline in members reflects the serious issues of the aging of specialist workers andthe lack of sufficient successors to the work.
In the work to foster and train successors to be described hereafter, preservation organisation
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5. Engagements by Yuki City
As a project under the national government’s emergency employment measures of 2010 and2011, the city officially requested the preservation organisation to be its organ to perform training
and fostering work. Approximately \6 million was budgeted for this work, with all of the monies
coming from assistance subsidies from the national government. Of this, approximately 50% was
allocated as pay for the trainees, 30% as compensation to their teachers, with the remnant dedicatedto materials expenses, rental fees for tools and equipment, etc. As an employment policy, 50% ormore of the monies had to be dedicated to human labour costs. The training was set at five days
weekly, six hours per day; three trainees (all of them women) with no experience were to be provided
guidance by holders on an alternating basis, with weaving per person set at 2 tan units yearly. The
requisites were persons less than age 45, and less than two years of experience with Yuki-tsumugi,and solicitation was performed in public employment agencies, Yuki City’s Internet site, the City’s
public relations publication, etc. Each year, around 10 persons applied, with applications comingfrom far away places outside of Yuki City and even outside Ibaraki Prefecture. Many of these persons
expressed a desire to carry on a traditional industry. The first tan of material would be one with nopattern, while the second tan was to have the splash pattern (kasuri moyo). The second tan was to becreated at the holder’s worksite (hataya, or weaving workshop); the work seven days prior to loom
weaving (namely, the processes up to setting the dyed thread onto the loom) was also acquired. In the
two-year period, six persons were trained in total, all of whom were women with no experience with
Yuki-tsumugi. Four of these six women are still working at loom weaving of Yuki-tsumugi.
The employment measures project terminated in fiscal 2011; however, since that same year,
the preservation organisation has been using assistance monies from the Agency for Cultural
Affairs to implement its projects aimed at trainingsuccessors. In the traditional handicrafts sector of
Important Intangible Cultural Properties, there are 14 organisations in Japan serving as preservation
organisations, 12 of which are performing financially assisted projects of this sort. Business expenses
are approximately \10.3 million per year (including a fixed amount of 10 million subsidy), with thepreservation organisation responsible for any expenses not covered therewith.
There are four main project types being performed:(1) training successors;(2) work presentations by trainees;(3) materials collection and organisation;(4) securement of raw materials, and tools and equipment.
As for (1) the fostering of successors, this is further divided into three project types: “project
for training successors”, “project for fostering trainees”, and “lecture series on thread spinning”.
In the project for training successors, successors (persons with experience in Yuki-tsumugi,
who seek to become holders in the future) are instructed on a one-on-one basis by holders in thecreation of textile fabrics. Currently, holders are striving to pass on higher-level techniques for thecreation of fabrics with intricate, complicated patterns. This fiscal year (2013), six weaving shops are
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are to be displayed at city functions, etc., and then made into kimono for wearing at events, and tootherwise assist in public relations activities for Yuki-tsumugi. In addition, once every two years,
holders and successors are taken for inspection tours to other production sites in Japan.
In the project for fostering trainees, instruction is given to persons who have less experience
than successors. There are trainees who are learning loom weaving, and trainees who are learning
thread spinning. The loom-weaving trainees undergo more-or-less identical training to that provided
under the employment assistance measures project — here, two trainees study for one year thefundamentals of Yuki-tsumugi with the main focus on loom weaving. The thread-spinning training
began from this fiscal year (2013); here, a holder spinner is the instructor, providing training in
spinning for three hours per day, three days a week. While the two trainees had no experience when
they started, now they are able to pull rather thin thread strands. The training site is the Traditional
Handicrafts Centre in Yuki City, and the trainees are also able to perform PR work via explanation of
their work to tourists who visit the Centre, etc. There are plans to use the thread spun by the trainees
in the fabric-making performed in the project for fostering successors.
The lecture series on thread spinning consists of 10 seminars held yearly, for two hours eachseminar, with spinning holders serving as instructors. Participation is free of charge, with tools andmaterials prepared by the Preservation Association. These seminars are popular among participants,
who say that it is more stimulating to work with many others, comparing their spun thread, than it is
to work at home alone in silence. This year a seminar is planned also for teaching floss-silk making.
As for (2), training presentations, these are events where fabrics made in the successorfostering project are displayed in public facilities within Yuki City. Ordinary people may enjoy thesepresentations, free of charge. In addition to the displays, visitors also have a chance to view actual
demonstrations spinning and loom operating, all of which contribute to the public-relations natureof these events. The funding provided for such presentation events is also used to purchase display
materials and other necessary equipment.
As for (3), materials collection and organisation, this consists of both the purchasing ofreference materials, and the preservation and storage of produced fabrics. As ‘paste’ (wheat flour
dissolved in water) is used to increase the strength of woven fabric, there is a job of removing this‘paste’ from the material. This paste-removal work is an important task in bringing out the highquality feel of Yuki-tsumugi, and is also necessary because insects will eat the paste if left on the
fabric. Every year, work is commissioned to a specialist company. Fabric that has undergone paste
removal is then made into kimono (or other clothing), or is stored in market-purchased paulowniawood boxes (paulownia is especially suited to the storage of kimono due to its moisture-prevention
and insect-repellent effects).
As for (4), securement of raw materials, and tools and equipment, purchase is made of thetsukushi tools (spool-like tool) used in spinning, and oboke (special tubs) used for keeping spun
thread. This year there is a plan to buy a jibata loom as well. Craftsmen who make such tools andequipment have become rare in recent years.

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account for most of the monies, from 80% to 90%. Although the current focus is fostering loomoperator successors, the plan is to also place emphasis into the future of raising up specialists ofmaking kasuri patterns by hand-tying as well.

6. Inscription on the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible
Cultural Heritage
In April 2009, Yuki City was informed that persons in charge at Ibaraki Prefectural government
desired to apply for inscription on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation). In May, work was initiatedtowards creating the photographs and DVD required for the UNESCO application submission.
(Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs was in charge of creating the actual application documents.)
In June, the City submitted a nine-minute video and 10 photographs. Persons in charge from the
Agency for Cultural Affairs provided advice in the creation of the required materials. As much as
possible, we tried to use recent photographs, and to include presentation of the current status of
fostering successors and regarding the teaching of Yuki-tsumugi to children, etc. In May 2010,preliminary examination was performed by the UNESCO’s Subsidiary Body. While Japan submitted
13 application candidates including Yuki-tsumugi, only two items underwent the prior examination
process at that time, Yuki-tsumugi and the ‘ensemble dance’ (kumi odori) of Okinawa Prefecture;
examination of the other items was postponed to the following fiscal year and thereafter. On 16
November, 2010, Yuki-tsumugi’s inscription on the Representation List was officially decided.
After the inscription, the City created pamphlets and a DVD (Japanese versions and English
versions), and we have been working to use these in our PR activities, for example, by showing the
DVD at events and by distributing the pamphlets to relevant facilities and organisations. The DVD is
40 minutes long, with new video added to the video created for the UNESCO application. We are now
considering the filming of additional videos for use in training of successors. In August 2011, the City
held a Memorial Exhibition in the Ibaraki Prefecture Museum, which included lectures by holders
and production demonstrations for visitors. On November 6, 2011, as a memorial event, we held at a
cultural facility within Yuki City a Memorial Ceremony, a talk show, a fashion show, demonstrationof actual Yuki-tsumugi production, and a Celebration Party. For this event, an Executive Committee
was formed chiefly of persons involved with Yuki-tsumugi, and this Committee performed therequired preparations for the event. Over 600 persons participated, including ordinary people as wellas persons involved with Yuki-tsumugi, thereby enabling awareness regarding the inscription on the
Representative List and the superior techniques of Yuki-tsumugi to be raised. Although the event wasscheduled for a period soon after the inscription, this was postponed due to the effects of the Great
East Japan Earthquake of March 2011; this event was finally held just one year after the official
inscription. We have also been performing other activities to ensure that as many people as possible
learn about Yuki-tsumugi. Such activities include displays and production demonstrations at, forexample, Yuki City’s Coming-of-Age Day (seijin-shiki) celebrations, the City Marathon, and so on.
As of this writing, three years have passed since the inscription of Yuki-tsumugi on the
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environment remains severe, and certain holders have been forced to go out of business. It is difficult
to earn a living with Yuki-tsumugi alone, and some craftsmen carry on side businesses or otherwork in addition to their Yuki-tsumugi production. As for the young successors, even when they
have learned the techniques in the fostering project, the lack of orders means that they have few
opportunities to use these techniques. An important issue is considering how to establish a systemthat will give these persons opportunities after their training period is finished. Into the future, Yuki
City will continue to strive to train successors in cooperation with the Preservation Association.

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2. Lectures
2.2. Safeguarding Policies and Institutional Frameworks at Community Level
2.2.2. Yuki Community, Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Lecture Material A: Lecture Summary

Current Status and Issues on Transmitting Yuki-tsumugi Technique
Hiroshi Nomura
Head, Association for the Preservation of Honba Yuki-tsumugi Weaving Technique

1. Overview of the Association for the Preservation of Honba Yukitsumugi Weaving Technique
The association was launched in March 2, 1976 and on April 30 the same year was certified as
the organization for preserving the important intangible cultural property yuki-tsumugi.
It is comprised of craftspeople (as a general rule persons aged at least 40 years old with over
20 years of experience) who are outstanding at the skills required for the designation, including
thread-spinning, kasuri-kukuri (kasuri tying), and jibata-ori (weaving on a loom called “jibata”). The
membership is limited to a maximum of 160 (60 doing thread-spinning, 50 doing kasuri-kukuri, and
50 doing jibata-ori) but there are currently 109 members (32 doing thread-spinning, 36 doing kasurikukuri, and 41 doing jibata-ori).
The head directors of the Ibaraki Prefecture Honba Yuki-tsumugi Textiles Cooperative
Association (IYTA) and the Tochigi Prefecture Honba Yuki-tsumugi Textiles Cooperative Association(TYTA) serve as the chair and vice-chair, replacing each other every two years. In fiscal year 2013 it
is Chair Hiroshi Nomura (Ibaraki) and Vice-Chair Kotaro Ishikawa (Tochigi).

2. Overview of the Weaving StudioMy late father began production of yuki-tsumugi as a side job while working in agriculture. In
1973 I graduated from high school and at the same time got a job, and in 1974 I established a limited
liability company. In 1987 my father died and I became president of the company, a position in which
I remain today.
The craft centre was previously in the same building as my residence but in 1999 we constructeda workplace in the current location (on the premises of my home).
Currently, with my wife, a total of four people are engaged in weaving at the workplace, me
and three weavers, my employees. Furthermore, there are three or four weavers who take looms totheir own homes to do their weaving.

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3. Current Status and Issues in the Inheritance of the Technique
Regarding jibata-ori, Ibaraki Prefecture’s Textile Industry Training Centre is teaching trainees
so there are young successors, but there is a serious shortage of thread-spinning and kasuri-kukuri
successors. The teaching of thread-spinning successors has only just started in the current fiscal
year as a national government subsidized project, and it is currently difficult to supply the thread.
As for kasuri-kukuri, even a person in their 50s is on the young side and there are almost no young
successors. Yuki-tsumugi is made to order and if there are no orders it is not possible for the technique
to be inherited. There used to be orders for complex patterns such as all-over patterns, etc. but
in recent years there has been little demand for kasuri patterns, so inheritance of the technique isdifficult. Kasuri-kukuri is men’s work and it is difficult to make a living out of yuki-tsumugi, so no
successors are taught.
In the old days children naturally inherited the work done by their parents and it was possible
for children to inherit nature and techniques from their parents but these days the industry struggles
to survive by receiving aid from the national government.

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2. Lectures
2.2. Safeguarding Policies and Institutional Frameworks at Community Level
2.2.2. Yuki Community, Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Lecture Material B

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3. Articles on Problems on Safeguarding ICH in Timor-Leste
3.1. National Level

Timor-Leste

Kondisi dan Masalah Terkini Dalam Melestarikan Warisan Budaya
Takberwujud di Timor-Leste
Irene Gonçalves dos Reis
Head of Research and Publishing Section in National Directorate of Culture Heritage, Ministry of Tourism

I. Pendahuluan
Wujud kebudayaan secara umum dibedakan menjadi dua bagian yakni: kebudayaan material(berwujud) dan kebudayaan imaterial (takberwujud).
Warisan budaya “takberwujud” meliputi segala praktek, representasi, ekspresi, pengetahuan,keterampilan serta alat-alat, benda (alamiah), artefak dan ruang-ruang budaya terkait dengannya yang
diakui oleh berbagai komunitas, kelompok sebagai bagian warisan budaya mereka. Warisan budaya
takberwujud ini, yang diwariskan dari generasi ke generasi, senantiasa diciptakan kembali oleh
berbagai komunitas dan kelompok sebagai tanggapan mereka terhadap lingkungannya, interaksinyadengan alam, serta sejarahnya, dan memberikan mereka rasa jati diri dan keberlanjutan, untuk
memajukan penghormatan keanekaragaman budaya dan daya cipta insani.
Warisan budaya takberwujud, diwujudkan antara lain di bidang-bidang berikut: tradisi dan
ekspresi lisan, termasuk bahasa sebagai wahana warisan budaya takberwujud; seni pertunjukan; adat
istiadat masyarakat, ritus, dan perayaan-perayaan; pengetahuan dan kebiasaan perilaku mengenai
alam dan semesta; kemahiran kerajinan tradisional.
Warisan Budaya Takberwujud Timor-Leste merupakan bukti perkembangan kebudayaan
masyarakat Timor-Leste. Oleh karena itu, untuk melestarikannya adalah mengetahui, mengenali
sehingga terbangun rasa memiliki dan menghargai warisan budaya tersebut.
Pelestarian terhadap warisan budaya takberwujud dapat dilakukan dalam bentuk perlindungan,
pengembangan, dan pemanfaatan.
Perlindungan berarti tindakan yang bertujuan menjamin kelestarian warisan budaya, misalnya
secara hukum atau melalui peraturan dan kebijakan terkait warisan budaya takberwujud, dokumentasi,
penelitian, dan pendidikan. Setelah itu, perlu dilakukan pengembangan yang dapat dilakukan melalui
penelitian dan promosi. Untuk lebih dapat dirasakan oleh masyarakat, warisan budaya takberwujud
dapat dimanfaatkan dalam berbagai bentuk seperti pemanfaatan pariwisata, sosial, keagamaan,
ekonomi, internalisasi nilai dan diplomasi budaya. Seluruh upaya tersebut harus tetap memegang
prinsip pelestarian yang tidak merusak nilai-nilai budaya masyarakat Timor-Leste.

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2.1. Seni Tari dan Musik
Perbedaan bahasa kadang-kadang sudah menunjukkan adanya perbedaan seni dan budaya
antara suku bangsa yang satu dengan suku bangsa yang lain. Tetapi dalam seni tari dan musik kiranya
perbedaan itu tidak begitu menyolok. Hal ini bisa dilihat dari bentuk instrumen-instrumen musikyang dipakai sebagai iringan tari-tarian. Alat musik yang umum dimiliki oleh setiap etnik di TimorLeste pada umumnya adalah gendang yang dibuat dari kayu dan kulit kambing dan gong kecil. Alatmusik ini merupakan instrumen tarian yang umum digunakan di Timor-Leste.
Apabila diingat bahwa tari adalah ekspresi jiwa manusia yang diwujudkan dalam bentuk
gerak-gerak ritmis yang indah, dan tari merupakan bahasa gerak untuk mengungkapkan perasaan dan
kemauan manusia, maka bukan mustahil kalau di Timor-Leste umumnya bentuk tari dari suku yangsatu dengan yang lain kadang-kadang mirip atau bahkan sama. Tarian untuk tujuan yang satu kadangkadang sama pula dengan tari untuk tujuan yang lain. Sebagai contoh adalah tebe-tebe, tarian rakyat
yang sangat populer di seluruh Pelosok Timor-Leste, yang disebut dengan berbagai nama sesuai
bahasa daerah masing-masing.
Beberapa tarian orang Timor-Leste merupakan tari-tarian upacara yang dianggap keramat
dan tidak boleh dipertunjukkan di sembarang tempat dan waktu. Akan tetapi, perkembangan terakhir
menunjukkan bahwa tarian itu kini digarap sedemikian rupa menjadi seni pertunjukkan (performing arts).
Dengan demikian, dalam menggarap tariannya mereka lebih mementingkan tujuan dari padabentuk. Memang, dengan terbukanya Timor-Leste dalam pergaulan yang lebih luas, sekarang disana-sini timbul tari-tarian yang bersifat sekuler yang lebih merupakan garapan yang khusus untuk
ditonton atau juga sebagai sarana ungkapan bergembira atau pergaulan. Sebagai contoh yang jelas
misalnya tari Olorindah dan tari Tais mutin yang sangat digemari oleh muda-mudi pada umumnya.

2.2. Bahasa
RDTL memiliki 16 bahasa daerah. 12 diantaranya merupakan bahasa Austronesia antara lain;tetun, habun, kawaimina (= dialek kairui, waima’a, midiki, naueti), galolen,
atauru, idalaka (= dialek idaté, isní, lolein, lakalei), mambae, tokodede,kemak, bekais, baikenu dan makuva.
Sedangkan 4 bahasa lainnya merupakan bahasa yang asal-usulnya dari Papua antara lain: —bunak, makasae, makalero dan fataluku — para bahasawan mengklasifikasinkannya sebagai bahasa
Papua, karena asal muasal mereka adalah dari Papua Barat.

2.3. Sastra lisan (Tradisi Lisan)
Salah satu kebudayaan di Timor-Leste yang perlu dilestarikan adalah tradisi lisan dan cerita
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usul suatu kerajaan atau suku tertentu. Biasanya diceritakan pada waktu tertentu dan oleh tukang
cerita tertentu. Tradisi ini masih tetap dipertahankan bahkan dianggap sebagai arsip tradisional yangberfungsi untuk menyimpan informasi tentang keadaan masyarakat di masa lampau.
Dalam tradisi sastra lisan, masyarakat Timor-Leste mengenal beberapa jenis tuturan lisan
misalnya: ai-knanoik (cerita rakyat), ai-sasiik (teka-teki), ai-knananuk (semacam pantun yangdilagukan), dan tradisi hamulak (do’a ritual).
Wujud tradisi lisan ini pada umumnya terdapat di seluruh pelosok desa walaupun diungkapkan
dengan menggunakan bahasa yang berbeda, namun memiliki isi dan bentuk yang sama; misalnya
Hamulak (tradisi lisan etnik tetun), Gase (tradisi lisan etnik Kemak), The’a (tradisi lisan etnik bunak)
Letemumu (tradisi lisan etnik Fataluku), Sergala (tradisi lisan etnik Mambae) dan lain-lain. Di dalamtradisi-tradisi inilah masyarakat mengungkapkan isi hatinya, ekspresi seni mereka dan hal-hal lainyang berkaitan dengan kehidupannya di masa lampau yang dituturkan dari generasi ke generasi.
Tradisi-tradisi tersebut di atas sampai saat ini masih tetap diciptakan, diapresiasi, dan dihayati
sebagai salah satu bentuk sastra oleh masyarakat pendukungnya, bahkan sudah penetrasi kedalam aktivitas-aktivitas modern seperti menerima tamu yang dianggap penting, dalam peresmian
gereja, pentahbisan imam baru dll. Sebelum masuknya agama universal, masyarakat Timor-Lestemenggunakan tradisi ini sebagai sebuah bahasa ritual yang digunakan dalam pengungkapan doadoa ritual. Masih dipertahankannya tradisi ini menunjukkan bahwa salah satu unsur kebudayaan ini
masih memiliki fungsi bagi masyarakat pendukungnya sebagai sarana mempertahankan nilai-nilailuhur yang dihormati masyarakat.
Melalui Tradisi lisan itulah masyarakat berkomunikasi, mewariskan dan
pengetahuan dan pola sikap mereka tentang kehidupan.

mengembangkan

Masyarakat etnik Tetun mengenal paling kurang tiga jenis tradisi lisan yang dikategorikan
sebagai karya sastra Timor-Leste yang perlu dipelihara dan dilestarikan dari kepunahannya yakni; 1)
Ai-knanoik (cerita rakyat), 2) Ai-knananuk atau dadolin, dan 3) Hamulak (doa ritual). Ketiga jenis
tradisi lisan ini walaupun sampai sekarang masih tetap dipertahankan, namum pada suatu saat akan
punah, karena akan digeser oleh arus modernisasi. Anak-anak kecil yang pada jaman dulu selalu
mengelilingi tukang cerita jika menjelang tidur, saat ini menghabiskan waktunya untuk menonton
Televisi.Cerita-cerita rakyat ini didalamnya tersimpan nilai-nilai luhur bangsa yang perlu dijaga dan
dilestarikan agar tidak hilang ditelang oleh arus globalisasi.

2.4. Mutun mate
Mutun Mate adalah sebuah acara ritual keagamaan yang ditandai dengan pelaksanaan “ibadat”
dalam hal melakukan doa-doa ritual (Hamulak) dan tindakan membunuh hewan kurban (“tunu”
yakni kurban bakar) dengan maksud sebagai silih terhadap dosa-dosa manusia arwah selama di
Alam Nyata, juga dijadikan momen yang dikhususkan bagi doa-doa pembebasan para arwah di Alam
Maya. Dosa-dosa manusia selama di alam nyata merupakan belenggu manusia arwah di Alam Maya,merintangi manusia arwah memasuki Alam Roh. Hakekat peristiwa dari tradisi mutun mate adalah
kurban pembebasan arwah dari alam maya.

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2.5. Budaya tunu (kurban untuk arwah para leluhur)
Tradisi ini dilakukan biasanya untuk meminta pertolongan kepada kukun (arwah leluhur dialam baka), agar memperoleh ketentraman, kedamaian, dan kesehatan yang baik dalam kehidupan
sehari-hari. Bila ada anggota keluarga yang sakit, maka hal itu adalah merupakan murka para leluhuryang tidak senang dengan perbuatan mereka, dan untuk memulihkan kembali kesehatannya dilakukan
upacara ritual tunu dengan maksud untuk menyampaikan permohonan maaf atas kelalaiannya.
Demikian juga jika tidak memperoleh hasil panen yang baik dan musibah seperti banjir, gempa bumi,
dan kekeringan yang berkepanjangan.

2.6. Pencatatan Budaya takberwujud di Timor leste
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Nama warisan
Budaya
The’a ai-hun ancia
Ai-hulun
Hamulak ai-hun
Tari tais mutin
Tari ai-loos
Tari Biso’ot Kutek
Tebedai
Fui
Lakadou
Titir
Sanan rai/priuk
Kini-kiniAi-toos
Dll.

Lokasi

Keterangan

Bobonaro
AinaroFohoren
Suai Kamanasa
Suai Loro
OekusiKasa/Ainaro
Triloka/Baukau
Aileu
LikisaManatuto
Oekusi
FohorenTradisi lisan
Tradisi lisan
Tradisi lisan
Tarian tradisional
Tarian tradisional
Tarian Tradional
Musik dan tarian
Alat musik
Alat musik
Alat musik
Alat masak
Perhiasan
Patung kayu

III. Masalah Terkini Dalam Melestarikan dan Menjaga Warisan Budaya
Tak Berwujud di Timor-Leste
3.1. Masalah Terkini dalam Melestarikan Warisan Budaya Takberwujud
Salah satu ciri bangsa besar dan maju adalah bangsa yang mampu menghargai dan melestarikan
warisan budaya nenek moyang mereka. Semakin banyak warisan budaya masa lampau yang bisa digali
dan dilestarikan, maka sudah semestinyalah peninggalan budaya tersebut semakin dihargai. Barulah
disadari betapa kaya dan melimpahnya warisan budaya nenek moyang kita yang ternyata selama
ini terabaikan, terlantar dan tidak dipedulikan. Penyebabnya bisa karena ketidaktahuan, kurangnya
kesadaran dan pemahaman akan pentingnya warisan budaya. Menyadari akan hal ini pemerintah
telah mengeluarkan Peraturan Pemerintah no 25/2011/ 14 September tentang perlindungan warisan
budaya Timor-Leste. Sampai saat ini sedang diupayakan untuk meratifikasi konvensi tentang warisan
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Warisan budaya bangsa merupakan karya cipta, rasa, dan karsa masyarakat di seluruh wilayah
Timor-Leste yang dihasilkan secara sendiri-sendiri maupun akibat interaksi dengan budaya lainsepanjang sejarah keberadaanya dan terus berkembang sampai saat ini.
Dalam bidang sastra, karya-karya sastra yang hanya dihasilkan secara lisan, dan tersebar diseluruh pelosok Desa juga belum dilakukan pendataan dan pendokumentasian agar tidak hilang
ditelang oleh arus globalisasi.Tradisi lisan mempunyai kedudukan dan peranan penting dalamkehidupan sosial dan kebudayaan masyarakat Timor-Leste, namun sampai saat ini belum ada
perhatian yang serius dari pemerintah untuk melakukan pendataan terhadap salah satu budaya bangsa
tersebut. Belum adanya minat peneliti terhadap warisan budaya ini dikarenakan kurangnya tenaga
peneliti di bidang sastra.
Sebagai sebuah negara yang kaya dengan warisan budaya, sudah sepatutnya pemerintah dan
seluruh warga negara berkomitmen untuk melestarikan warisan yang sangat tinggi nilainya itu agar
tidak musnah, hancur, lapuk, dipindahtangankan. Pelestarian warisan budaya bangsa dapat diartikan
sebagai kegiatan terus menerus untuk menjaga kumpulan kekayaan akal-budi, pengetahuan, danbudaya bangsa untuk tetap hidup dan bermanfaat bagi masyarakat masa kini dan masa yang akan
datang.
Harus diakui bahwa masalah pelestarian budaya di Timor-Leste masih berada pada tahap awal.
Upaya-upaya untuk mencatat dan mendokumentasikan warisan budaya ini belum banyak dilakukan.
Beberapa penelitian memang telah dilakukan oleh pemerintah Indonesia di masa pendudukannya,
namun perlu dilakukan pencatatan dan penerjemahan.
Upaya perawatan dan penyimpanan sebagai bagian utama pelestarian warisan budaya itu juga
sangat memprihatinkan. Tak ada museum yang dikelola oleh pemerintah yang khusus menyimpan
warisan budaya, selain museum resistensi, menjadi masalah dalam upaya pelestarian budaya bangsa.
Upaya pelestarian peninggalan budaya belum menjadi kebutuhan di Negara Timor-Leste.
Belum ada kebanggaan di masyarakat maupun pemerintah terhadap peninggalan nenek moyangnya.
Terlebih upaya pelestarian peninggalan budaya bukan aktivitas yang menarik perhatian masyarakat.
Perpustakaan nasional yang merupakan tempat pelestarian budaya bangsa belum ada. Padahal
di era globalisasi seperti saat ini, perpustakaan dipandang sebagai bagian integral pembangunan
yang bertujuan untuk mendidik masyarakat, memberi daya kreasi untuk meningkatkan kemajuan
kehidupan dan kesejahteraan dengan menyediakan berbagai kebutuhan pengetahuan dan informasi
dalam rangka kepentingan pendidikan, penelitian, pelestarian dan pengembangan kebudayaan bagi
masyarakat.
Eksistensi perpustakaan dalam mengantisipasi arus globalisasi nilai strategis sebagai sarana
informasi yang cepat, tepat dan bermanfaat demi peningkatan dan pengembangan masyarakat. Dalam
rangka mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa, perpustakaan adalah sebagai wahana belajar sepanjang
hayat mengembangkan potensi masyarakat agar menjadi manusia yang beriman dan berbudi luhur,
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Belum adanya perpustakaan dan museum di Timor-Leste merupakan masalah serius yangmenghambat pelestarian budaya tak berwujud di Timor-Leste.

3.2. Upaya Pelestarian Budaya Takberwujud di Timor-Leste
Berdasarkan resolusi pemerintah no.25/2011 tanggal 14 September, maka Menteri Muda Urusan
Seni dan Kebudayaan, Direktorat Nasional Warisan Budaya melalui UNESCO telah melakukan
upaya-upaya pelestarian Warisan Budaya Takberwujud diantaranya; melaksanakan pelatihan tentang
bagaimana cara melestarikan warisan budaya tak berwujud di Timor-Leste. Kegiatan penyadaranmasyarakat terhadap pelestarian budaya takberwujud ini dimulai sejak tahun 2010 sampai 2013.

IV. Kesimpulan dan Saran
Walaupun disadari bahwa Timor-Leste memiliki kekayaan akan warisan budaya bangsa namum
sampai saat ini penelitian, pencatatan dan pendokumentasiannya baru berada pada tahap permulaan.
Saat ini Pemerintah sedang berupaya untuk melakukan pendataan dan pendokumentasianterhadap warisan budaya takberwujud yang ada di RDTL. Diharapkan ke depannya antara kegiatan
perlindungan, pemanfaatan dan pengembangan warisan budaya harus sejalan dan berorientasi padapelestarian. Sehingga kekhawatiran adanya ancaman terhadap hilangnya nilai orisinalitas warisan
budaya dan bahkan berujung pada kepunahan warisan budaya tersebut, dapat dihindari.
Adapun langkah yang bisa dilakukan ke depan dalam rangka melestarikan warisan budaya,
yaitu:
1. Melakukan tindakan-tindakan nyata untuk melestarikan warisan budaya bangsa.
2. Mendorong partisipasi masyarakat untuk melestarikan warisan budaya bangsa, serta lebihtransparan dan mampu berperan sebagai fasilitator dalam pelestarian warisan budaya
bangsa.
3. Melakukan penelitian secara intensif untuk mengungkap nilai yang terkandung dalamwarisan budaya agar menambah pemahaman dan pengembangan sejarah, ilmu pengetahuan,dan kebudayaan.
4. Menambahkan anggaran penelitian terhadap warisan-warisan budaya bangsa dan melibatkan
partisipasi masyarakat luas.
5. Mempercepat proses ratifikasi konvensi tentang Pelestraian Budaya Takberwujud di TimorLeste.
6. Merekrut ahli dan peneliti di bidang budaya tak berwujud untuk melakukan pendataan,pendokumentasian dan mengungkap nilai-nilai luhur bangsa.
Kiranya keterlibatan masyarakat dalam pelestarian warisan budaya bangsa dengan
memperhatikan rekomendasi di atas, dapat menjadi bagian dari solusi dalam pelestarian budaya di
Timor-Leste.

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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)DAFTAR PUSTAKASEC, 2011, Akademia Arte no Indústria Kriativa Timor-Leste, Griffith University, Dili Timor-Leste.
SEC, 2010, Festival Cultura, Palácio do Presidente
Taum, Yoseph Yapi, 2011, Studi Sastra Lisan: Sejarah, Teori, Metode dan Pendekatan
disertai contoh penerapannya, Penerbit Lamanera.
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Conhecimentos	
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  com	  	  a	
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Artesanato/O\cios	
  Olaria	  tradicional	  Cestaria	  Problemas	
  actuais	
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4roblemas	
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  para	  proteger	  e	
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Medidas	
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3. Articles on Problems on Safeguarding ICH in Timor-Leste
3.2. Local Level
3.2.1. Manufahi District

Kondisi dan Masalah Terkini Dalam Melestarikan Budaya Tidak Berwujud
di Kabupaten Manufahi
Celestino da Silva Mendes Sarmento
State Secretariat for Art and Culture, Head of Culture Manufahi District

I. PENDAHULUAN
1. Pengantar
Timor Leste merupakan negara baru dalam era millinium II yang memiliki berbagai ragam
budaya yang ditampilkan dari berbagai wilayah teritorialnya,hal ini menunjukkan bahwa Timor Lesteberbeda dengan negara-negara di belahan bumi ini. Dengan demikian Timor Leste sendiri dapat
menunjukkan identitas dirinya sebagai negara berdaulat dan berbudaya.
Sebagai negara baru, maka proses perencanaan pembangunan dalam mengisi kemerdekaan
tentu dalam berbagai hal dan bidang sangatlah penting, tidak tertinggal juga pembangunan dalambidang budaya untuk pembentukan : kearifan masyarakat, karakter masyarakat, moral dalamkehidupan bermasyarakat dan bernegara untuk menata masa depan yang cerah, penuh persaudaraan,
keharmonisan dan kedamaian.

II. ISI
Kehidupan aktual di Timor Leste terlebih di Kabupaten Manufahi antara masyarakat dan
unsur-unsur kebudayaan terjalin suatu keterkaitan yang saling mendukung dan mengisi antara unsurunsur kebudayaan tidak berwujud.
Berikut unsur-unsur kebudayaan tidak berwujud dari Kabupaten Manufahi :1. Unsur budaya dilihat dari segi bahasa
Sebagai makhluk sosial dalam kehidupan sehari-hari saling membutuhkan sesama, salah
satunya menjalankan komunikasi untuk memenuhi suatu kebutuhan hidupnya.Secara Administrasi
wilayah kabupaten Manufahi dibagi menjadi 4 kecamatan . Untuk kecamatan Same : Dalam
komunikasi setiap hari selalu menggunakan bahasa : Mambae, Tetum, Bunak (beberapa kelompok
kampung di desa Betano). Kecamatan Alas : Dalam komunikasi setiap hari selalu menggunakanbahasa : Tetum terik. Kecamatan Fatuberliu :Dalam komunikasi setiap hari selalu menggunakanbahasa : Tetum terik dan Lakley. Sedangkan untuk kecamatan Turiscai : Dalam komunikasi setiap

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hari selalu menggunakan bahasa Mambae dan isni.

2. Unsur budaya dilihat dari sistem kekerabatan dan perkawinan
Sistem kekerabatan di kabupaten Manufahi selalu dilandasi oleh adanya hubungan kekerabatanyang terjalin sejak nenek moyang antara masyarakat dari suatu tempat dengan tempat lainnya
dikarenakan adanya perkawinan silang antar nenek moyang. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari hubungan
antara rumah adat yang dengan rumah adat lainnya dari generasi ke generasi.
Dilihat dari sistem perkawinan, sesuai dengan kondisi alam kabupaten Manufahi, ada sebagianmasyarakat bertempat tinggal di lembah dan ada pula masyarakat yang bertempat tinggal di tanah
dataran. Masyarakat lembah memiliki tata cara dan prosesi perkawinan sejak proses pelamaran
hingga menuju ke pelaminan yang berbeda dengan masyarakat yang bermukim di tanah dataran.
Masyarakat lembah menganut sistem Matrilinial. Sedangkan masyarakat yang bermukim di tanah
dataran menganut sistem perkawinan Patrilinial.

3. Unsur kesenian (seni suara, seni musik, seni gerak)
Kehidupan masyarakat di kabupaten Manufahi selalu dihadapkan pada kondisi dan peristiwa
kehidupan dari generasi ke generasi. Dalam situasi itulah muncul kreativitas masyarakat kabupaten
Manufahi dalam hal seni suara, seni musik dan seni gerak.

3.1. Seni suara :3.1.1. Dadolin : Ungkapan selamat datang, tulus menerima, sehat selalu, pengampunan,
menggalungkan selendang, mempersilahkan memasuki wilayah kabupaten Manufahi yang
disampaikan dengan kata-kata diiringi dengan gerak tangan dalam proses penyambutan setiap
kunjungan penting-dan acara pelamaran dan perkawinan di kabupaten Manufahi. Dadolin
disampaikan oleh 2 atau 3 orang yang berbuasana adat setempat. Dadolin dalam pelaksanaannya di
kabupaten Manufahi hanya terdapat pada komunitas yang bertempat tinggal di tanah dataran atau
komunitas yang berbahasa tetum terik. Sedangkan komunitas yang bertempat tinggal dilembah atau
berbahasa mambae tidak.
3.1.2. Soelia/pantun : Ungkapan yang disampaikan dalam bahasa untuk menggugah para
pengunjung untuk terinspirasi pada suatu keadaan baik suka maupun duka yang dilakukan oleh satu
orang atau lebih. Contoh: Uluk moris diak, ida mos ami agora hetan seluk ami laos ona ( Dulu hidup
baik kita bersaudara, sekarang hidup susah kami dibuang).
3.1.3. Halerik/ratapan : Ungkapan yang disampaikan dengan bahasa oleh seorang atau lebih
dengan suara teriakan menangis pada suatu kunjungan, akibat suatu kejadian yang menimpa padadirinya atau keluarganya. Contoh : Ratapan seorang istri karena kematian suaminya, tidak memiliki
makanan, tidak memiliki anak, kecelakaan pada dirinya atau keluarganya.
3.1.4. Cerita rakyat : Cerita mengenai suatu kisah kejadian yang terjadi di Kabupaten
Manufahi secara turun-temurun.Contoh : Kisah pemberian nama Maun-Fahe, Kisah perang

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Manufahi,kisah terjadinya danau We-lenas,We-tano,gunung Manufahi dan nama dari kecamatanSame,nama kecamatan Alas,nama kecametan Fatuberliu dan nama kecamatan Turiscai.
3.1.5. Lalan/lolin : Doa tradisional dan ratapan kepada sanak saudara,orang tua,yangmeninggal,yang disampaikan dengan suara menangis yang merdu sehingga menggugah para pelayat
merasakan betul-betul merasa kehilangan atau benar-benar membawa kita kepada situasi betul-betul
berduka dan ikut menangis yang mengisahkan tentang perjalanan hidupnya di dunia dan keselamatan
jiwanya di dunia akhirat. Lalan dilakukan secara turun-temurun, dalam pelaksanaannya selalu ada
seorang yang mengangkat tema lalan dan menggunakan busana serba hitam dan berbaris mengelilingi
orang yang meninggal dalam rumah duka selama beberapa hari dikarenakan sanak saudara yang
belum datang lengkap atau beberapa hal yang berkaitan dengan proses adat yang belum beres.
3.1.6. Poesia/puisi : Ungkapan yang disampaikan oleh seorang baik pria maupun wanita, yangmengisahkan tentang suatu peristiwa kehidupan di Kabupaten Manufahi tentang kepahlawanan,kekuatan alam atau seseorang,keindahan alam. Contoh : Suit tasi, tasi nakliki. Sama foho, foho
nakbelar (belah laut,laut terbelah. Injak gunung jadi rata). Kablaki tarutu rai nakdoko (Kablaki
meletus, datanglah gempa).

3.2. Seni musik :Sebagai makhluk hidup yang dalam menggarungi hidupnya selalu diterpa oleh rasa
lelah,bosan,tentu membutuhkan suatu kegiatan yang bersifat menghibur dirinya maupun menhiburorang lain secara turun-temurun oleh masyarakat kabupaten Manufahi dengan musik tradisionalnyaseperti dibawah ini :3.2.1. Lakadou : Alat musik tradisional dari bambu yang dipotong dan dibuatkan beberapa
senar bambu sehingga dapat menghasilkan musik dan dimainkan oleh 2 orang, yang satu memetik
senar dan yang satu memukul memakai tongkat kecil 2 sehingga menghasilkan irama musik yangmenggugah orang lain untuk ikut menari. Para pemain dan penari wajib mengunakan busana adat.
3.2.2. Karau dikur : Alat musik yang dibuat dari tanduk sapi dapat menghasilkan suara atau
irama yang dimainkan seorang laki-laki. Cara memainkannya dengan meniup diujung tanduk hinga
berbunyi untuk mengiringi alat musik yang lain.Volume suara yang dihasilkan sesuai besar kecilnya
napas dari si peniup.
3.2.3. Karkeit : Alat musik dari bambu yang dipoton kecil dan dilubangi tengahnya dan diikat
tali kecil.Cara memainkannya diletakkan ditengah bibir lalu tarik talinya,bunyi atau irama yangdihasilkan sesuai degan gerakan buka tutup bibir. Karkeit dimainkan pada : Saat duduk sendiri,setelah berkebun.
3.2.4. Fafulu/fu/seruling : Alat musik dari bambu yang dipotong dan di lubangi beberapa
lubang, dimainkan dengan cara meniup pada ujung dan jari tangan tutup buka pada lubang tertentu,
sehingga menghasilkan suara yang merdu. Fu dapat dimainkan pada saat : Duduk sendiri atau
melamun, menjaga ternak, setelah berkebun. Unsur-unsur kesenian diatas dalam pelaksanaannya
menggunakan alat musik, akan tetapi yang dibahas disini adalah : Pengetahuan tentang cara

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pembuatan dan memainkannya yang dikategorikan dalam unsur budaya tidak berwujud.

3.3. Seni gerak :3.3.1. Tebedai : Tarian tradisional yang ditampilkan oleh penari yang berjumlah 20-30 oranglebih secara turun-temurun di kabupten Manufahi. Tebedai hanya dilakukan dalam acara seperti: Acara ritual pembangunan dan peresmian rumah adat, penyambutan tamu agung, pengankatandan penurunan, pelantikan raja, upacara resmi, ritual meminta dan menghentikan hujan. Tebedai
didukung dengan gerakan maju mundur, kiri-kanan, mengeliling mengikuti irama dari babadok,
gonggong,perempuan memukul babadok dan laki-laki menari. Contoh : Tebedai kini-kini, tebedai
se-se manuse, tebedai kadi surik.
3.3.2. Bidu Baba : Tarian tradisional yang ditampilkan oleh penari yang berjumlah 20-30
orang lebih dengan operator pemukul baba (drum besar ) 2 orang sehingga menghasilkan irama yangmenggugah para penari atau penonton untuk ikut dalam bidu selalu didampingi oleh pemukul gongong
satu orang.Jika pemukul baba sudah lelah,maka para penari diwakili oleh seorang memberikan
semangat dengan berpantun sehingga bidu dapat dilanjutkan.Bidu hanya dapat dilakukan pada prosesi
pembangunan dan peresmian rumah adat dan penantian suatu acara.
3.3.3. Dahur : Tarian tradisional yang ditampilkan oleh penari yang berjumlah 20-30 oranglebih saling berpengangan tangan berbentuk roda lalu bernyanyi secara bergiliran antara laki-laki
dan perempuan.Dalam pelaksanaannya,dahur selalu ada seorang yang ditugaskan untuk mengangkattema atau bait dari dahur.Tema dari dahur selalu disesuaikan dengan situasi,kondisi,dan peristiwa
yang menggisahkan tentang keagungganTuhan,alam,kepahlawanan.Dahur dilaksanakan pada acara
pembangunan dan peresmian rumah adat,upacara resmi,panen padi,para penari wajib berbusana
adat.
Contoh : Dahur Lelas, Dahur Dau-ka.
3.3.4. Sergala : Tarian tradisional yang ditampilkan oleh penari yang berjumlah 20-30 oanglebih yang disampaikan dengan kata-kata dan gerakan maju mundur, kiri-kanan, yang dipimpin oleh
seorang juru kata, setiap satu bait perbait sergala berakhir yang diakhiri dengan suara teriakan oleh
semua penari dan diiringi oleh bunyi dari gongong dan babadok. Hal ini diulangi sampai tema sergalaselasai dan para penari perlahan-lahan mundur kebelakang atau ambil pinggir. Dalam pelaksanaannya
para penari harus berbusana adat. Sergala hanya dapat dilakukan pada prosesi : Ritual pembangunan
dan peresmian rumah adat, penyambutan tamu agung,meminta dan menghentikan hujan.

4. Sistem pengetahuan dan kepercayaan
Sebagai makhluk hidup yang dilengkapi dengan akal budi , tentu manusia selalu berusaha
untuk mempertahankan hidup dan keturunannya. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari kehidupan riil di kabupaten
Manufahi antara masyarakat yang bermukim dilembah dan masyarakat yang bermukim ditanah
dataran. Antara masyarakat kedua tempat berbeda pengetahuan dan kreativitasnya dalam hal :Pembibitan, penanaman, pengolahan, pemakaian, pengairan, pengobatan, dan keterampilan tangan.
Sistem kepercayaan antara masyarakat yang bermukim di lembah dan masyarakat yang bermukim di

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tanah dataran disesuaikan dengan kondisi alam mereka. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari lokasi berdoa dan
pemberian sajian kepada sang pencipta. Masyarakat lembah berdoa di bukit/gunung yang dianggap
sakral oleh masyarakat setempat sedangkan masyarakat dataran berdoa dan pemberian sajian di
pinggir laut/tanjung.
Kehidupan masyarakat di kabupaten Manufahi sejak dulu dan saat ini dalam menghadapi
proses pembangunan selalu memiliki semangat untuk melestarikan kebudayaannya karena sudah
mendarah daging ditubuh setiap orang dalam kehidupan berkeluarga dan bermasyarakat. Namun
sebagai masyarakat sosial yang selalu mengadakan interaksi dengan berbagai lapisan masyarakat,
suku,ras,agama,budaya, di era globalisasi tentu dihadapkan pada perubahan zaman,kemajuan ilmu
dan teknologi, gaya hidup.
Dihadapkan pada masalah diatas, maka masyarakat kabupaten Manufahi harus memiliki rasa
tanggungjawab, rasa memiliki, cinta budaya sendiri, sehingga setiap perubahan kebudayaan dapat
diantisipasi dengan serius dengan cara menyaring setiap perubahan kebudayaan yang masuk, baik
dapat diterima untuk memperkaya budaya setempat dan yang kurang menyenangkan ditinggalkan.
Memaknai pentingnya unsur-unsur budaya tidak berwujud sebagai dasar keberagaman budaya
untuk menunjang keberlanjutan pembangunan, maka hal yang sangat penting sekarang adalah
melakukan tindakan penyelamatan dengan melestarikan unsur-unsur budaya tidak berwujud yangmenjadi ancaman akan punah.
Langkah-langkah tingkat lokal yang sedang dan seterusnya dilakukan dalam melestarikan
budaya tidak berwujud adalah sebagai berikut :1. Memberikan kesempatan/peluang kepada masyarakat kabupaten Manufahi untuk membentuk
grup/sanggar seni suara,seni musik, seni gerak khususnya kesenian tradisional disetiap desa
minimal 2-3 grup/sanggar. Untuk setiap sanggar diwajibkan penarinya terdiri dari 3 grup
yakni : Grup dewasa, grup remaja dan grup anak-anak.
2. Memotivasi setiap komunitas, perseorangan untuk memproduksi, melestarikan budaya tidak
berwujud untuk memperkaya keberagaman budaya dan kreativitas manusia.
3. Menumbuhkembangkan rasa keingintahuan bagi generasi muda mengenai pentingnya
melestarikan budaya tidak berwujud dalam kehidupan sehari-harinya.
4. Pentas budaya yakni dalam setiap kunjungan resmi,upacara resmi,pertemuan resmi wajib
mementaskan budaya tradisional setempat.
5. Kompetisi seni dan budaya bagi para grup komunitas dan grup pelajar.
6. Sosialisasi budaya tidak berwujud lewat sarana : TV,radio lokal,tata cara berpakaian adat,
seminar,show,festival,pertemuan nasional,kurrikulum sekolah baik formal maupun nonformal,pameran budaya.
Untuk melestarikan unsur-unsur budaya tidak berwujud di kabupaten Manufahi agar
sesuai dengan standar nasional dan standar internasional selalu terkendala pada : Sumber daya
manusia,sumber daya keuangan dan sumber daya materil.

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Unsur-unsur budaya tidak berwujud merupakan kekayaan yang tidak ternilai harganya bagi
pemenuhan kebutuhan dan terbentuknya identitas bangsa, maka setiap insang manusia memiliki
tanggungjawab untuk berpartisipasi aktif untuk melestarikan kebudayaannya.
Masyarakat sebagai pengembang budaya dapat menjadi sarana efektif bagi terlaksananya proses
pewarisan budaya baik ditingkat kabupaten maupun ditingkat nasional dan ditingkat internasional.

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  E	
  PROBLEMAS	
  	
  
NA	
  SALVAGUARDA	
  DO	
  PATRIMÓNIO	  	
  CULTURAL	  IMATERIAL	
  NO	
  DISTRITO	
  DE	
  MANUFAHI	  	
  C898:;<=	
  S>	
  M>	
  S?@A8<B=	  Responsável	
  Cultural	
  do	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Manufahi	
  Secretaria	
  de	
  Estado	  da	
  Arte	  e	
  Cultura	
  Rep:;lica	
  De<ocrá=ca	  de	
  >i<or?leste	
  
	
  

	
  

SITUAÇÃO	  ACTUAL	
  E	
  PROBLEMAS	
  	
  
NA	
  SALVAGUARDA	
  DO	
  PATRIMÓNIO	  	
  CULTURAL	  IMATERIAL	
  NO	
  DISTRITO	
  DE	
  MANUFAHI	
  
	
  
Como	
  jovem	
  nação,	  Timor-­‐Leste	
  aﬁrma-­‐se	
  como	  país	  independente	  e	  único	
  de	
  um	
  ponto	  de	
  vista	  da	
  sua	
  iden=dade	
  nacional.	
  No	
  processo	
  de	
  desenvolvimento	
  da	
  sua	
  iden=dade,	  Timor-­‐Leste	
  não	
  pode	  esquecer	  o	
  sector	
  da	
  cultura	
  para	  a	
  formação	  social	
  das	
  comunidades,	  do	
  carácter	
  pessoal	
  dos	
  indivíduos	
  e	
  questões	  de	
  W=ca	  e	
  moral.	
  Para	
  uma	
  vida	  individual	
  e	
  em	
  comunidade,	
  a	
  nação	  do	
  futuro	
  deverá	
  ser	
  completa	
  em	
  termos	
  de	
  fraternidade,	
  
amor	
  e	
  paz.	
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Enquadramento	
  linYuSs=co	
  do	
  	
  
distrito	  de	
  Manufahi	
  :	
  
	
  
Sub-­‐Distrito	
  de	
  Same:	
  Mambae,	  Tetum,	  Bunak	
  Sub-­‐Distrito	
  de	
  Alas:	  Tetum	
  Terik	
  Sub-­‐Distrito	
  de	
  Fatuberliu:	
  Tetum	
  terik,	
  Lakaley	
  Sub-­‐Distrito	
  de	
  Turiscai:	
  Mambae,	  Isni	  	  Património	
  Cultural	
  Imaterial	
  do	
  	
  
Distrito	  de	
  Manufahi	
  :	
  
	
  
Sistemas	
  Familiares	
  e	
  de	
  Casamento	
  
	
  
Os	
  sistemas	
  familiares	
  e	
  de	
  casamento	
  são	  muito	  sólidos	
  entre	  aldeias,	
  sucos	
  e	
  sub-­‐distritos	
  uma	
  vez	
  que	
  estes	
  sistemas	  são	
  $ra=cados	  desde	  há	
  várias	
  gerações	  e	
  até	
  aos	
  nossos	  dias.	
  Em	
  Manufahi,	
  existem	
  geralmente	
  dois	  sistemas:	
  1.	
  Patrilinial:	
  Comunidades	
  das	  áreas	  de	
  montanha	
  2.	
  Matrilinial:	
  Comunidades	
  junto	
  ao	
  mar	
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Exemplos	
  de	
  Património	
  Cultural	
  Imaterial	
  do	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Manufahi	
  

	
  

1. Hamulak	  (Linguagem	
  Ritual)	
  -­‐ Dadolin	
  (linguagem	
  para	  receber	
  convidados	
  especiais)	
  -­‐ Soelia	
  (linguagem	
  ritual	
  abreviada)	
  -­‐ Halerik	
  (linguagem	
  ritual	
  em	
  situações	  sociais	
  dicceis)	
  -­‐ Histórias/lendas	  -­‐ Lalan	  (reza	
  tradicional)	
  -­‐ Poesia	
  
	
  
2.	
  Música	
  (instrumentos	
  musicais)	
  -­‐ Lakadou	
  (instrumento	
  tradional	
  em	
  bambu)	
  -­‐ Karau	
  dikur	  (instrumento	
  de	
  sopro	  em	
  corno	  de	
  búfalo)	
  -­‐ Karkeit	
  (berimbau	
  de	
  boca)	
  -­‐ Heu	  (ﬂauta	
  tradicional)	
  -­‐ Fafulul	
  (ﬂauta	
  tradicional)	
  3.	
  Dança	  -­‐ Tebedai	  -­‐ Bidu	
  Baba	  -­‐ Dahur	
  -­‐ Sergala	
  
	
  
4.	
  O	
  sistema	
  de	
  conhecimento	
  e	
  crença	
  Os	
  sistemas	
  de	
  conhecimento	
  e	
  crença	
  variam	
  entre	  as	
  comunidades	
  que	
  vivem	
  na	
  área	  de	
  montanha	
  e	
  aquelas	
  que	
  estão	  junto	
  ao	
  mar:	  Por	
  exemplo,	
  a	
  sementeira,	
  viveiros,	
  irrigação,	  medicamentos,	
  artesenatos,	
  etc.	
  –	
  os	
  sistemas	  de	
  oferendas	
  rituais	
  realizam-­‐se	
  na	
  montanha	
  nos	
  locais	
  mais	  altos,	
  e	
  nas	
  comunidades	
  junto	
  ao	
  mar,	
  perto	  deste	
  ou	
  em	
  
lagoas.	
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  NA	
  SALVAGUARDA	  DO	
  PATRIMÓNIO	  CULTURAL	
  IMATERIAL	  DO	
  DISTRITO	
  DE	
  MANUFAHI	  	  1. Recursos	
  Humanos	  2. Recursos	
  Financeiros	
  
3.	
  	
  Recursos	
  Materiais	
  O	
  Património	
  Cultural	
  Imaterial	
  pode	  ser	  a	
  base	  de	
  diversidade	
  cultural	
  que	  serve	
  para	  a	
  sustentabilidade	
  e	
  desenvolvimento	
  da	
  iden=dade	
  do	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Manufahi	
  e	
  de	
  Timor-­‐Leste.	
  	
  
Para	
  isso,	  é	
  necessário	  um	
  conjunto	
  de	
  acções	  efec=vas	  para	  a	
  conservaçPo	
  e	
  salvaguarda	  da	
  cultura	
  imaterial	
  que	
  está	  ameaçada	
  e	
  em	
  risco	  de	
  desaparecer.	
  

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Sugestões	  de	
  acções	  concretas	
  a	
  nível	  local	
  que	  é	
  necessário	
  implementar	  no	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Manufahi:	
  
	
  
1.	
  Criar	
  oportunidade	
  nas	
  comunidades	
  para	  o	
  estabelecimento	
  de	
  grupos	
  de	
  artes	  2.	
  Mo=var	
  cada	  indivíduo	
  e	
  as	
  comunidades	
  para	  a	
  produção,	
  enriquecimento	
  e	
  diversidade	
  da	
  cria=vidade	
  humana	
  3.	
  Aprofundar	
  e	
  passar	  o	
  conhecimento	
  da	
  importância	
  do	
  Património	
  Cultural	
  Imaterial,	
  das	
  gerações	  mais	  velhas	  às	
  gerações	  mais	  novas	
  4.	
  Incluir	
  a	
  apresentação	  de	
  danças,	
  músicas	
  e	
  outras	
  expressões	  tradicionais	
  em	
  todos	
  os	
  eventos	
  culturais	  realizados	
  
	
  5.	
  Organizar	  compe=ções	  e	
  apresentações	  culturais	  e	
  arms=cas	
  entre	
  grupos	
  culturais,	
  as	
  comunidades	
  e	
  as	
  
escolas	  6.	
  Organizar	
  acções	  de	
  sensibilização	
  através	
  da	
  TV	
  e	
  
Rádios	
  locais,	
  e	
  promover	
  seminários,	
  apresentações	  culturais,	
  fes=vais,	
  encontros	
  oﬁciais	
  e	
  a	
  inclusão	  da	
  informação	  recolhida	
  nos	
  currículos	
  escolares	
  formais	  e	  não-­‐formais.	
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Dadolin	  Simu	
  Bainaka	
  Tebedai	
  

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Dahur	
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Lakadou	  Artesenato	
  (Cestaria)	
  Artesenato	
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3. Articles on Problems on Safeguarding ICH in Timor-Leste
3.2. Local Level
3.2.2. Covalima District

Kata Pengantar
Rui Amaral Suri Seran
Art & Culture of the Ministry of Tourism for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Covalima District

Timor Leste adalah sebuah Negara yang baru merestaurasikan kemerdekaannya pada tanggal
20 Mei 2002 di bawa naungan Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa.Namun sebelumnya Negara ini dijajaholeh kolonial Portugis selama 450 tahun dan kemudian dianeksasi oleh Negara Republik Indonesia
di bawah pemerintahan Suharto selama 25 tahun setelah pemerintahan Fretilin memproklamirkan
kemerdakaanya sebagai Negara Republik Demokratik Timor Leste secara sepihak (unilateral) padatanggal 28 November 1975 di Dili.
Timor Leste memiliki berbagai ragam kebudayaan yang dapat dikelompkkan berdasarkan
etnis, suku dan bahasa (suku Bunak, suku Kemak, suku Tetun, suku Mambae, suku Fataluku, suku
Makasae, suku Galole, suku Nauweti, suku Baikenu, dll) patut dihargai dan dikembangkan serta
dilestarikannya. Mengingat setiap masyarakat yang tinggal di wilayah tertentu, memiliki seperangkat
nilai, norma-norma, adat-istiadat serta tata cara perilaku yang dipelajari secara turun-temurun
dari nenek-moyang mereka yang akhirnya menjadi pandangan hidupnya.Sehubungan dengan hal
tersebut di atas sebagaimana diamanatkan oleh UU Republik Demokratik Timor Leste pasal 59,
ayat 5 mengatakan bahwa setip warga Negara berhak untuk mengembangkan dan melestarikan
kebudayaannya serta wajib mempertahankan warisan budaya yang bernilai luhur untuk menopan dan
memperkokoh persatuan dan kesatuan bangsa.
Memperhatikan Resolusi Pemerintah Konstitusional IV Nomor: 25/2011, tertanggal 14
September 2013, sepenuhnya memberikan wewenang dan tanggungjawab kepada Sekretaris Negara
Arte e Cultura dengan seluruh jajarannya untuk mengidentifikasi, mengembangkan serta melestarikan
wairisan-warisan budaya yang bernilai luhur agar tidak terancam dari kepenahannya.
Dalam rangka pelestarian dan pengembangan kebudayaan asli atau tradisional bangsa Timor
Leste agar tidak punah atau terdesak oleh kebudayaan asing, maka melalui tema yang di berikan
oleh UNESCO tentang “Kondisi dan Masalah Terkini Dalam Mengembangkan Warisan Budaya
Yang Tak Berwujud di Timor Leste” untuk dikaji dan dipelajari lebih mendalam tetang unsur-unsur
kebudayaan tradisional yang kini masih hidup dan asli yang ada di daerah-daerah pedalaman yang
belum pernah disentuh sehingga tidak dapat dipengaruhi oleh kebudayaan asing yang datang dariluar untuk menggeser nilai-nilai luhur warisan budaya yang ditinggalkan oleh leluhur kita agar tidak
terancam dari kepunahannya.

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Oleh karena itu tidak kala pentingnya jika punulis akan menyajikan tentang jenis-jenis warisan
budaya yang tak brwujud di distrik Covalima dimana akan dibicarakan pada pembahasan tersendiri
pada karya tulis ini.
Penulis menyadari bahwa karya tulis ini masih jauh dari sempurna. Oleh karena itu barang
siapa yang ingin menyempurnakannya, penulis menerima dengan lapan dada demi perbaikan danpenyempurnaanya.

BAB I
1. Pendahuluan
1.1. Latar Belakang Geografi
Wilahyah Distrik Covalima terletak antara 9º- 3º LS, 9º- 15º LU dan 125º- 28º BT dan 125º
BB dengan luas 1.226,66 km², terdiri atas 7 wilayah subdistrik, 30 desa(suku) dan 148 dusun(aldeia) dengan jumlah penduduk berdasarkan sensus penduduk 2010 berjumlah 59.455 jiwa dengan
penyebaran rata-rata 20,6 jiwa/km. Dan terdiri dari tiga etnis golongan pribumi yakni suku Tetun,
suku Bunak dan suku Kemak. Ketiga etnis inilah yang merupakan golongan pribumi yang mempunyai
peranan penting dalam mempertahankan unsur-unsur kebudayaan tradisional yang masih asli dan
hidup di masyarakat.Hal ini dapat dilihat melalui tata cara pergaulan didalam kehidupan sehari-hariberdasarkan norma-norma serta suku bahasa yang dilatarbelakangi oleh ikatan kekerabatan dan
kekeluargaan yang kokoh dan utuh.
Mengingatletak wilayah Distrik Covalima sangat strategis yaitu berbatasan langsung daratan
dengan wilayah Republik Indonesia (Atambua-NTT) dan Laut Timor berbatasan dengan Australia
sehingga dalam era globalisasi perlu debentengi dengan fisik dan mental yang kuat, kepribadian dan
persenjataan yang tangguh untuk menghempas berbagai gelombang bentuk kebudayaan asing yangakan menghancurleburkan Kebudayaan kita sendiri.

1.2. Maksud dan Tujuan
Maksud diadakannya penulisan makalah ini adalah dalam rangka memberikan sumbanganpemikiran sehubungan pentingnya pelestarian dan pengembangan warisan budaya yang tak berwujud(Imaterial) di daerah-daerah di wilayah di distritk Covalima.Tujuannya adalah untuk memenuhi
permintaan Direktorat Nasional Patrimonio Kultural agar:- Mengindentifikasi nilai-nilai luhur warisan budaya yang tak brwujud yang masih ada dan
hidup di tengah masyarakat- Menghargai dan melestarikan nilai-nilai luhur warisan budaya yang tak berwujud yangditinggalkan oleh nenek-moyang kita
- Melindungi dan mengembangkan nilai-nilai luhur warisan budaya yang tak berwujud
sebagai Identitas orang Timor Leste- Mempertahankan warisan budaya yang tak berwujud dari ancaman baik dari dalam maupun
luar negeri yang akan merusak warisan budaya yang asli orang Timor Leste- Menginformasikan kepada masyarakat tentag warisan budaya yang tak berwujud merupakan
warisan budaya yang bernilai luhur.

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1. Pembahasan Materi
Menurut tradisi orang Distrik Covalima warisan budaya yang tak berwujud antara lain seperti:
a. System kepercayaan dan upacara keagamaanb. System organisasi kemasyarakatanc. System pengetahuan
d. Bahasa dan system kekerabatane. Kesenianf. Sistem mata pencaharian hidup
g. Sistem teknologia) Sistem kepercayaan dan upacara keagamaan
Mayoria masyarakat Covalima adalah menganut agama kristen Katolik, akan tetapi didalamkehidupan sehari-hari masih ada juga masyarakat yang percaya kepadakurban yang dikenal dengan
istilah “tunu”. Terutama bagi mereka yang berada di Subdistrik Fatuluik, Fohorem dan Fatumea.
Misalnya salah satu diantara mereka di dalam keluargajatuh sakit, mereka beranggapan bahwa hal
ini disebabkan oleh siksaan dari leluhur mereka yaitu “Kukun” yang menghukum karena akibat
dari ketidakharmonisan di dalam keluarga itu senderi. Untuk menghindari diri dari malapetaka
sering mereka memanggil seorang dukun yang disebut matan dook untuk melihat dan menafsirkan
mantranya sebelum diadakan kurban atau tunu. Tunu adalah sejenis upacara ritual yang dikurbangkan
kepada kukun (leluhur) berupa hewan seperti ayam, babi, kambing bahkan kerbau agar sesorang
terhindar dari malapetaka. Selain itu mereka juga percaya bahwa segala sesuatu yang ada pasti ada
yang mengadakannya yaitu “Maromak” artinya Penerang atau dengan kata lain adalah Pencipta
alam semesta. Sehingga setiap kali diadakan upacara ritual atau tunu selalu didahului dengan doa
tradisional yang dikenal dengan istilah “Hamulak” kepada Maromak seperti berikut:
Na’i Maromak–Na’i - Luli Wa’ik–Manas Wa’ik
Lakan Oan–Roman Oan
Dikin Oan–Dulan Oan
Fulan Fohon–Fitun Fohon
Lolo Liman–Lato’o
Bi’i ain la Dai

Peyerahan cruz joven dari suku Suai loro kepada suku Debos
Dokumen: R.A.S.Seran

Salah satu serimoni ritual hamulak untuk menyambut Cruz Joven
Dokumen: R.A.S.Seran

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Demikian juga pada waktu upacara ritual lainnya seperti; membangun rumah adat (Harii
Uma Adat), peresmian rumah adat (Ha Uma-Wen), membuka lahan (loke to’os), dan serimoni
pelepasan jenasah (halolo matebian) menjelan subuh sebelum dikebumikan. Ketika itu sanak
keluarga dan handaitaulan duduk mengelilingi jenasah sambil mendengarkan doa yang disampaikan
oleh “Makoan” atau Imam tradisional kepada Maromak kiranya dapat mengampuni almarhum/a jikasudah sampai kepada Nya di akhirat nanti.

Upacara ritual dada we fohon Uma metan Loro metan Oefali diFohorem. Dokumen: R.A.S.Seran

Upacara ritual Tatek Rakit Uma metan Kidan Babaras di Fatumea
Dokumen: R.A.S.Seranb) Sistem Organisasi Kemasyarakatan
Salah satu warisan kebudayaan yang masih nampak di daerah pedesaan adalah gotong-royong.
Ada dua sistem gotong-royong yaitu: hatama ema dan hakawak.
Sistem hatama emaartinya mengundang tetangga datang untuk membantu bekerja
membersihkan kebun atau membangun rumah tanpa harus balas bekerja. Tuan rumah atau kebun
cukup memotong seekor kambing atau babi untuk memberi makan kepada mereka yang datang
membantu.
Sistem hakawak artinya bekerja secara berkelompok untuk membersihkan kebun secara
bersama-sama tetapi harus kembali balas bekerja secara bergilir pula. Sistem inilah yang masih hidup
dan berkembang di masyarakat pedesaan akan tetapi di perkotaan sekarang berangsur-angsur pudar.

c) Sistem Pengetahuan Tradisional tentang Rohani dan Jasmani• Pengetahuan tradisional tentang rohani didalam kehidupan sehari-hari selalu menggunakan
istilah-istilah khusus untuk menyapa seseorang antara lain: Kneter-Kataek (saudação),Ukun–Bandu (norma-norma), Knotar-Kbadan (sopan santun) dan Kdae’en-Kde’an(menyapa/sapaan) dsb.
• Pengetahuan jasmani tentang pandai besi seperti: membuat parang (taha), membuat panah(rama,) membuat pisau (tudik), tombak (diman), desain rumah adat, tenun tais (hiri-kesi
futus-soru), meganyam (homan) biti, luhu, koba, topi (chapeú), dll.
d) Bahasa dan system kekerabatn
Dalam makalah dari seorang pastor yang bernama Pe. Emanuel Talok, CMF mengatakan
bahwa di distritk Covalima terdapat tiga (3) bahasa daerah yaitu bahasa Tetun, bahasaBunak dan

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bahasa Kemak. Menurut sejarah ketiga bahasa ini dikenal sebagai
Tetun–TahaKae terdapat di subdistrik Fatumea
Tetun–Fohoren Nutetu terdapat di subdistrik Fohorem dan Tilomar
Tetun–Fehan terdapat di Suku Suai-Loro, Suku Kamanasa dan Suku Raimea
Demikian juga bahasa Bunak–TahaKae, Bunak–Maukatar, Bunak–Bobonaro dan Kemak–Bobonaro.
Selain ketiga bahasa tersebut di atas ada juga yang berbicara bahasa Portugis diakui sebagai
bahasa resmi Negara dan bahasa Indonesia sebagai bahasa pergaulan didalam kehidupan sehari-hari.
Ada juga ciri-ciri bahasa khusus dan indah yang dikenal dengan istilah “Hamulak”. Hamulak adalahbahasa ritual yang diucapkan oleh seorang “Mako’an”atu dengan kata lain Imam tradisional untuk
menyapa leluhur yang disebut “Kukun” pada waktu upacara ritual. Demikian juga untuk menyambut
kunjungan para tamu seperti Uskup, Pastor dan para pejabat negara lainnya. Bahasa-Bahasa yangdigunakan biasanya berpasangan atau berlawanan seperti tertera di bawah ini :Husar dato–Binan dato
Malun loro–Tuan loro
Oan loro–Feton loro... dst
Selain hamulak masih ada “Ai-Babelen, Ai-knanoik, Ai-Sasiik, dan Ai-Knananuk” yang perlu
dikaji dan ditelusuri lebih mendalam lagi pada kesempatan yang akan datang. Berikut ini adalah
salah satu dari Ai-Babelen yang digunakan untuk menyapa seorang kekasih.
Eh...
Mosu mai sei sawan-Sawan ania
Tadu mai sei sawan-Sawan ania
Etuk O lahoos-ema matak oan
Etuk O lahoos-ema leet oan
Etuk O Ha’un Baban Oan sia
Etuk O Ha’un Ki’I Oan sia
Tama liu mai-Itak Kaluk rai mutu
Tama liu mai-Itak Ko’e rai mutu
Tiha liman ba kaluk–Tiha dadaar
Tiha liman ba ko’e–Tiha dadaar… dst.
Selain bahasa ada juga system kekerabatan (fetosa umane) yaitu kekerabatan patrilinial yangdikenal dengan istilah hafoli bagi masyarakt ynag mendiami di subdistrik Fatumea pada umumnya
dan masyarakat yang beretnis suku Kemak yang mendiami di suku Lepo dan suku Ucekai subdistrik
Zumalai. Sedangkan subdistrik Fohorem, Fatululic, Tilomar, Maukatar dan Zumalaiyang
bukan etnis suku Kemak menganut system kekerabatan matrilineal yakni garis keturunan diambil
berdasarkan keturunan ibu atau dengan kata lain pihak laki-laki masuk ke dalam marga istri.

e) Kesenian
Salah satu unsur terpenting dari kebudayaan adalah kesenian daerah. Terutama kesenian daerahyang masih asli, perlu dikembangkan dan dilestarikan agar tidak punah atau terdesak oleh kebudayaan
asing. Disamping untuk mendata dan mendokumentasikan berbagai ragam kesenian daerah, dapat
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umumnya terutama masyrakat di distrik Covalimaagar mencintai dan menghargai budayanya sendiri.
Kesenian daerah dimaksud adalah sebagai berikut:
1)
Likurai
2)
Tebe
3)
Hananu4)
Bidu
5)
Tanis ema mate1) Tarian Likurai adalah sejenis tarian yang sangat populer di distrik Covalima dan
mengangdung makna kultural yang luhur karena ditarikan untuk menyambut berbagai
kegiatan kultural dengan variasi pukulan atau ritmu yang khas pula.
Misalnya:a) Saneti fera rai-Se fera rai, Se Se fera rai-Se fera rai... ditarikan untuk menyambut parapahlawan (Meo) yang kembali dari medan tempur;b) Bere bidu ai-toos (bhs Tetun) atau Kholi Guzu Bausaik-Kholi Bausaik (bhs Bunak).
Ritmu ini diekspresikan untuk mengarak-arakkan ai-toos dan air sakral (We Fohon) padawaktu pendinginan rumah adat (Ha Uma Wen);
2) Piral Thaka boru uen-Then tubis uen, tarian ini berasal dari subdistrik Fatululik yangditarikan pada waktu upacara ritual “hodi Fini Sai” atau upacara sebelum menanam bibit(fini) dan pada waktu “Saubatar” upacara antar sesaji kepada leluhur untuk mengenang
kembali bahwa dahulukala para leluhur mereka hanya memasak satu biji sewaut (tora) diperiuk (sanan rai) bisa penuh dan cukup untuk makan di dalam keluarga. Bila masak lebih
dari satu biji maka periuk atau sanan-rai akan pecah dan tumpah di atas tanah. Menurut
cerita bahwa dahulukala belum ada makanan seperti ubi, jagung dan padi. Yang ada hanya
tora. Tora adalah sejenis tanaman padi-padian (bhs latim oriza sativa ) seperti bulgur
atau terigu. Tanaman ini merupakan tanaman khas dan terancam punah sampai sekarang
sulit didapat di distrik Covalima.

Piral Thaka boru uen–Ten Tubis uen Diperagakan oleh siswa EBC Fatululik Dokumen: R.A.S.Seran

3) Tebe adalah tarian tradisional yang diperagakan oleh beberapa orang laki-laki dan perempuan
sambil berpegangan tangan satu sama lain dan bernyanyi sambil berjalan membentakan
kakinya di atas tanah berbentuk lingkaran. Di distrik Covalima masih terdapat beberapa
jenis tebe tradisional yang hanya dapat dipentaskan pada waktu tertentu, misalnya serimoni
ritual Saubatar, Ha Uma Wen, Sau Don (buka puasa), dll. Yang dimaksud dengan tebe
tersebut adalah sebagai berikut:

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4) Hananu adalah sejenis nyanyian yang dikelompokkan menjadi :a) Lakumerin dinyanyikan pada waktu orang meninggal di saat menuggu jenasahb) Mau Ue sama dengan lakumerin yang dinyanyikan oleh suku Bunak asal Bobonaro.
Bahasa-bahasa yang diungkapkan adalah berupa pantun dalam bahasa tetun dikenal dengan
istilah Ai-Knananuk (Berbalas Pantun). Biasanya dimulai dari laki-laki dan dibalas dengan
perempuan dan sebaliknya.
c) Akabeluk dinynyikan pada waktu “Fai-Akar” dan panen kacang hijau (sama fore).
d) Leok-Oan dinyanyikan untuk megikat jagung dikebun pada waktu panen (hatali batar)e) Haholek merupakan salah satu upacara ritual yang dinyanyikan pada waktu malam hari
di atas pohon oleh orang-orang yang biasanya pandai memanjat pohon yang disebut “AiUman” yang artinya pohon untuk saran lebah atau wani dalam bahasa tetun mengambil
sarang lebah dan madunya. Orang yang pandai memanjat pohon pada malam hari itu biasanya
disebut “laku”. Laku adalah sejenis binatang berwarna hitam kecoklatan yang menyerupai
kucing dan biasanya keluar mencari makanan berupa buah-bauhan pada malam hari.
5) Bidu Samea dan Bidu Ai-Loos yang sudah tidak asing lagi untuk berpartisipasi di eventevent nasional maupun internasional.
6) Tanis-Mate, salah satu tradisi yang patut dihargai adalah ketika sesorang meninggal dunia.
Apabila ada seorang meninggal dunia terlebih dahulu dari pihak keluarga mengutus sesorang
untuk pergi memberitahukan kematian ini kepada semua tetangga yang ada di sekitarnya.
Sesudah itu baru mereka berkumpul bersama di rumah adat mereka masing-masing sebelum
melayat ke rumah duka. Diantaramereka yang melayat ke rumah duka ada yang membawa
beras, kain tenun, serta sejumlah uang sebagai tanda turut belangsungkawa. Uang yangdisumbangkan itu disebut “Lun” artinya uang duka. Secara bergilir menurut rumah adat,mereka berbaris masuk ke rumah duka dengan seorang gadis yang membawa Lun berdiri didepan disusul dengan perempuan dan laki-lakinyang terakhir sambil menangis tersedu-sedu
menuju ke rumah yang disemayangkan jenasahdengan megunkapkan kata-kata yang dikenal
dengan Ai-Knananuk kepada almarhum/a untukmengenang kembali jasanya sehingga dapat
mengundang haru para pelayat. Upacara ritual ini masih terdapat di masyarakat subdistrik
Fatumea pada waktu orang meninggal dunia.
Ai-Knananuk : Ita ema sei moris halo rai naran
Mate ona rai taka naran laek ona
Kiak ami tuur ne’e uma tatiis
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Peyerahan cruz joven dari suku Suai loro kepada suku Debos
Dokumen: R.A.S.Seran

Salah satu serimoni ritual hamulak untuk menyambut Cruz Joven
Dokumen: R.A.S.Seran

Bab III
1. Penutup
1.1. Kesimpulan
Masyarakat Covalima pada umumnya tinggal di pedesaan yang tergolong tradisional.
Dikataakan masyarakat tradisional yaitu masyarakat yang sifatnya tertutup, artinya sulit untuk
menerima unsur-unsur baru ataupun pandangan baru karena mereka berpegang teguh pada aturan
yang diwariskan dari leluhurnya.
Nilai-nilai dan norma-norma serta agama atau kepercayaan yang telah dianut merupakan suatu
hal yang perlu dipertahankan dan dilestarikan oleh karena kadang-kadang masyarakat tradisional
berpola pikir yang berbeda dengan masyarakat modern. Sehingga warisan-warisan budaya yangbernilai luhur mudah terpengaruh oleh kebudayaan yang datangnya dari luar yaitu kebudayaan
asing.
1.2. Saran
Unsur-unsur kebudayaan tradisional yang merupakan warisan kebudayaan yang bernilai luhur
supaya tidak terancam dari kepunahan oleh pengaruh dari kebudayaan asing, dihimbau kepada
seluruh lapisan masyarakat terutamagenerasi muda di distrik Covalima yang merupakan tulang punggung bangsa agar mampu mempersenjatai diri dengan senjata yang handal untuk menagkis unsurunsur negatif di perkem bangan zaman teknologi pada era globalisasi ini.
1.3. Usul
Pada hakekatnya masyarakat belum menyadari tetntang manfaat warisan budaya yang bernilailuhur sebagai warisan yang patut dihargai dan dilestarikan. Oleh karena itu kedepan diusulkan
kepada pemerintah untuk mengadakan sosialisasi kepada masyarakat terutama generasi muda tentang
warisan budaya sebagai jati diri dan identitas orang Timor Leste.
DAFTAR PUSTAKA
1. Cholil, Mansyur M. Sosiologi Masyarakat Kota dan Desa. Surabaya: Usaha Nasional
2. Tilaar, Prof. Dr. MscEd. 1999. Pendidikan Kebudayaan dan Masyarakat Madani Indonesia. Bandung : PT. Remaja
Rosdakarya

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3. Koentjaraningrat. 1964. Pengantar Antropologi. Jakarta
4. M. Roger, Kessing, 1989. Antropologi Budaya Suatu Prespektif Kontemporer. (Terjemahan), Jakarta: Erlangga.
5. Sudarto. 1988. Etnografi dan Suku-Suku di Indonesia. Solo: Tri Ratna
6. Konstituisaun Republik Demokratik Timor Leste. 2007
7. Talok, Pe. Emanuel Lelo, CMF. Makalah dalam Bentuk Seminar, Tentang Sejarah Kultura Covalima, 2006.

Aspectos	
  históricos	
  do	
  Património	  Cultural	  Imaterial	
  do	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Covalima	
  Rui	
  Amaral	  Suri	  Seran	
  Responsável	
  Cultural	
  do	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Covalima	
  Secretaria	
  de	
  Estado	  da	
  Arte	  e	
  Cultura	  Rep<=lica	
  Democrá>ca	
  de	
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  território	  • O	
  Território	  do	
  Distrito	
  de	
  Covalima	
  tem	
  uma	  área	  total	  de	
  1.226	
  km²,	
  e	
  está	  dividido	
  em	
  7	
  subdistritos,	
  30	
  sucos	
  e	
  148	
  aldeias.	
  • 	
  Segundo	
  o	
  recenseamento	
  de	
  2010,	
  possui	
  uma	
  população	  de	
  59.455	
  habitantes,	
  com	
  uma	
  densidade	
  populacional	
  de	
  cerca	
  de	
  20,6	
  habitantes	
  por	
  km²	  	
  • Na	  parte	  Norte	  faz	
  fronteira	  com	  o	
  distrito	
  de	
  Bobonaro,	
  na	
  parte	  Leste	  faz	
  fronteira	  com	  o	
  distrito	
  de	
  Ainaro,	
  na	
  parte	  Sul	
  faz	
  fronteira	  com	  o	
  Mar	  de	
  Timor,	
  e	
  na	
  parte	  Oeste	  faz	
  fronteira	  com	  a	
  região	  de	
  Atambua	
  –	
  Timor	
  Ocidental	
  (Indonésia).	
  A	
  Origem	
  da	
  Comunidade	  • A	
  população,	
  para	  o	
  efeito	
  do	
  uso	  de	
  língua,	
  divide-­‐se	  em	
  três	  grupos	  :	
  o Tétum	
  (zonas	
  de	
  Fatumea,	
  Fohorem,	
  Suai,	  Camenassa,	  Matai	  e	
  Raimea);	
  o Bunaque	
  (zonas	
  de	
  Fatululik,	
  Maucatar,	  Fohorem,Tilomar	
  e	
  Zumalai);	
  o Kemak	  (	  zonas	  de	
  Lepo,Ucecai	  e	
  Oebaba	
  –	
  Zumalai).	
  
	
  	
  	
  Apesar	
  da	
  sua	  diversidade,	
  as	
  culturas	
  dos	  três	  grupos	  linguís>cos	
  apresentam	
  muitos	
  traços	  em	
  comuns,	
  tanto	  na	
  importância	
  atribuída	
  ao	
  sagrado	  como	  na	
  organização	  da	
  sociedade.	
  Por	
  ezemplo:	
  cerimónias	  para	
  construir	
  a	
  casa	  sagrada,	
  cerimónias	
  de	
  desluto,	  hamulak	  (linguagem	
  ritual),	
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Religião	  • A	
  maioria	
  da	
  população	  é	
  Católica	
  (90	  %).	
  Isto	
  
é,	
  as	
  pessoas	  vão	  à	
  igreja	
  e	
  cumprem	
  as	
  leis	  da	
  igreja	  • Para	  além	  disso,	
  quase	
  todas	
  as	
  pessoas	
  possuem	  as	
  suas	  crenças	
  tradicionais	  A	
  prá>ca	
  dos	
  ritos	  tradicionais	
  
§ 	
  A	
  prá>ca	
  dos	
  ritos	  tradicionais	
  ainda	  existe	
  e	
  con>nua	
  
com	
  os	
  costumes	
  do	
  tunu	  (cerimónia	
  ritual).	
  § Se	
  houver	
  uma	
  doença	
  desconhecida	
  dentro	
  da	
  família,	
  acredita-­‐se	
  que	  a	
  doença	
  foi	
  causada	
  pelo	  cas>go	  do	
  “kukun”.	
  § O	
  Kukun	
  são	  os	  espíritos	
  dos	
  antepassados	
  e	
  os	
  
objectos	
  sagrados	
  (lulik)	
  que	
  podem	
  ser	
  materializados	
  com	
  poderes	  sobrenaturais	
  e	
  inexplicáveis.	
  § Para	
  afastar	
  a	
  doença	
  e	
  o	
  mauﬁno	
  (desastre),	
  matam-­‐se	
  animais,	
  geralmente	  o	
  galo,	  porco	
  e	
  búfalos,	  e	  oferecem-­‐se	
  ao	
  kukun.	
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  população	
  acredita	
  na	
  reincarnação	  dos	
  mortos	
  • A	
  morte	  não	
  é	
  o	
  ﬁm	
  do	
  mundo,	
  mas	
  apenas	
  uma	
  transferência	
  de	
  lugar	
  do	
  loren	
  (visivel)	
  para	  o	
  lugar	
  do	
  kukun	  (invisivel);	
  • Segundo	
  a	
  tradição,	
  estes	  dois	
  mundos	
  têm	
  uma	
  ligação	  muito	  ín>ma;	
  • As	
  a>tudes	
  dos	
  vivos	
  no	
  mundo	
  loren	
  (visível)	
  estão	  controladas	
  por	
  antepassados	
  no	
  mundo	
  do	
  kukun	
  (invisível);	
  • A	
  pessoa	
  que	
  tem	
  poder	  para	  manter	
  a	
  ligação	  com	  a	
  comunidade,	
  entre	  a	
  comunidade	
  e	
  os	
  seus	  antepassados	
  (kukun),	
  é	
  o	
  mako´an;	
  • O	
  makoʼan	  é	
  considerado	  como	  sacerdote	
  tradicional	
  e	
  pode	  comunicar	
  com	  o	
  kukun	
  por	
  meio	  de	
  linguagem	
  ritual	  –	
  hamulak.	
  O	
  Costume	  de	
  Trabalhar	
  em	
  Conjunto	  Hakawak	  • !	
  prá>ca	
  dos	
  grupos	
  tradicionais	
  trabalharem	
  em	
  conjunto	  é	
  designada	
  por	
  hakawak,	  e	
  ainda	
  existe	
  nas	
  comunidade	
  localizadas	
  em	
  áreas	  do	
  interior	
  do	
  território;	
  • O	
  hakawak	
  acontece	
  normalmente	
  em	
  ocasiões	
  tais	  como	  fazer	
  novas	
  hortas	
  (loke	  toʼos),	
  construir	
  a	
  casa	  (harii	
  uma)	
  e	
  outras	
  a>vidades	
  de	
  exigSncia	
  [ue	
  exigem	
  trabalho	
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  cultura	
  e	
  os	
  saberes	
  da	
  experiêcia	  produzida	  • Os	
  habitantes	
  de	
  Covalima	
  têm	
  numerosos	  saberes	  de	
  experiêcia	  e	
  pr9>cas	
  culturais,	
  como	
  por	
  exemplo:	
  	
  
-­‐	
  Técnicas	
  tradicionais	
  de	
  agricultura,	  de	
  caça	  e	
  da	
  uJliKaçL2	
  medicinal	
  de	
  plantas	
  que	
  durante	
  um	
  largo	  perRodo	
  de	
  tempo	
  nMo	
  Ooram	  u>lizadas	
  (aspecto	
  a	
  ser	  revalorizado	
  por	
  estudos	
  antropológicos)	
  	
  Artesanato	  • Tecelagem	  manual:	
  tais	  amarasi,	
  tais	  klar,	
  tais	  marobo,	  tais	  namok,	
  tais	  surik-­‐ulun	
  (diferentes	
  técnicas	
  de	
  tecelagem	
  em	
  cada	  região)	
  • Olaria:	
  cerâmica	
  para	  vários	
  usos	  (cozinha	
  tradicional,	
  armazenar	
  água,	
  etc.)	
  • Ourivesaria:	
  ourives	
  de	
  ouro	
  e	
  prata,	  pulseiras,	
  adornos	
  de	
  peito	
  e	
  cabeça,	
  etc.	
  • Cestaria:	
  esteiras,	
  cestos,	
  chapeús,	
  etc.	
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Arquitectura	  • A	
  construção	  da	
  casa	  tradicional	
  é	
  uma	
  imagem,	
  a	
  luz	  de	
  um	
  reiexo	
  psíquico	
  e	
  do	
  sen>mento	
  dos	  seus	
  habitantes	
  • Representa	
  uma	
  linguagem	
  simbólica	  da	
  humanidade,	
  de	
  beleza	
  e	
  expressão	  de	
  quem	  a	
  constrói	
  • A	
  simplicidade	  e	
  naturalidade	
  arquitectónicas	
  devem	
  atrair	  todos	
  os	
  seres	  humanos;	
  • A	
  Casa	  Sagrada	  (uma-­‐lulik)	
  é	
  um	
  símbolo	
  	
  da	
  
unidade	
  social	
  entre	  todos	
  os	
  habitantes	
  A	
  linguagem	
  símbolica	
  ritual	
  e	
  religiosa	
  Hamulak	  • 8ela>7a	  c	
  ^ma	  Aulik	  _	
  a	
  parte	  principal	
  do	
  sistema	  ritual	
  e	
  religioso	
  das	  diferentes	
  comunidades	  • Das	
  cerimónias	
  culturais	
  como	  o	
  funeral	
  (hakoi	  mate),	
  o	
  desluto	
  (mutu	
  mate)	
  a	
  a	
  celebração	  da	
  morte	
  depois	
  de	
  alguns	
  anos	  	
  Estas	
  cerimónias	
  nessecitam	
  de	
  uma	
  pesquisa	
  profunda	
  sobre	  o	
  pensamento	
  religioso	
  das	
  di7ersas	
  comunidades	
  e	
  grupos	
  linguís>cos	
  (tUtum,	
  bunak	  e	
  kemak).	
  

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Música	  tradicional	
  • A	
  música	
  tradicional	
  é	
  produzida	
  essencialmente	
  por	
  instrumentos	
  de	
  percussão	  (babadok),	
  feitos	
  com	  o	
  pele	  de	
  animal,	  os	
  gongos	
  de	
  metal	
  (tala),	
  pífaros	
  de	
  
cana	
  e	
  o	
  lakadou	
  (instrumento	
  em	
  bambu);	
  • As	  danças	
  populares	
  mais	  frequentes	
  são	  o	
  tebedai	  (tetun terik likurai),	
  o	
  tebe-­‐dahur	
  e	
  o	
  
bidu.	
  Dança	  tradicional	
  Tebe	
  Dahur	  • Tebe	  otas	  uluk	
  (Fatmea,	
  Fohoren);	
  • Tebe	  hol	  beimau	
  Sali	  (Fatululik,	
  Maucatar);	
  • Tebe	  ina	
  beluk	
  (Suco	
  Suai-­‐Loro,	
  Suco	  Camenaça),	  • Tebe	  lilin	
  (Suco	
  Suai-­‐Loro,	
  Suco	  Camenaça	
  e	
  
suco	
  Matai);	
  • Tebe	  dau-­‐uka	
  e	
  goulolo	
  (Suco	
  Lepo-­‐Zumalai;	
  • Lakumerin	
  (Fatumea,Fohoren,Tilomar);	
  • Mau-­‐Oe	
  (Bunak	
  étnia	  Bobonaro)	
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Palavras	
  rituais	
  do	
  Hamulak	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Na´i	  luli	  Wa´ik	
  //	
  Naʼi	  manas	
  Wa´ik	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Lakan	
  Oan	  //	  Roman	
  Oan	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Dikin	
  Oan	  //	  Dulan	
  Oan	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Fulan	
  fohon	
  //	
  Fitun	
  fohon	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Lolo	  liman	  la	
  to´o	  //	
  Bi´i	  ain	  la	
  dai	  97

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I. General Information
II. List of Participants
III. Programme Schedule
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Annex I. General Information
Background
Within the framework of the project of UNESCO Office in Jakarta entitled ‘Safeguarding theIntangible Cultural Heritage for the Promotion of Cultural Identity and Community Resilience inTimor Leste’, International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-PacificRegion (IRCI) facilitates a 5 day study visit for 9 selected candidates from Timor-Leste to Japan for
training in institutional and policy frameworks regarding ICH at national, regional and local levels1.

Objectives• East Timorese Officers (participants) learn institutional and policy frameworks at national
and local levels in Japan.
• Good practices of transmitting, conserving and disseminating ICH in Japan are presented tothe participants.
Officers
in charge of cultural sector achieve a common understanding of the existing prob•
lems in Timor-Leste.

Activities
1. Lectures
Japanese ICH experts at national and local levels will give the participants the following five lectures
focusing on institutional and policy frameworks regarding ICH and on safeguarding activities by
local authorities, museums, ICH practitioners and a private sector:
Lecture 1: “Japanese Law and system for the Protection of Cultural Propeties”
By Mr. Kensaku Kikuchi, Chief Senior Specialist for Cultural
Properties, Cultural Properties Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Lecture 2: “Exhibiting methods of Namahage and transmission efforts in the community”
By Mr. Kazuaki Nakamura, Chief of the Namahage Museum,and Mr. Yusuke Igarashi, Curatorial Chief, Cultural Property Section, Department ofLifelong Learnng, Board of Education, Oga City
Lecture 3: “Safeguarding traditional weaving techniques of Yuki-tsumugi by Yuki City”
By Ms. Kiyomi Sekine, Director of Department of Sports and Culture,
Board of Education, Yuki City
Lecture 4: “Promotion of Yuki-tsumugi by private company”
By Mr. Takeji Okuzawa, CEO of Okujun Co. Ltd.
Lecture 5: “Current status and issues on transmitting Yuki-tsumugi”
By Mr. Hiroshi Nomura, Head of Association for the Preservation of
Honba Yuki-tsumugi Weaving Techniques
1 This programme complies with missions and policies in the IRCI’s Long-and Medium Term programmes and is funded
by UNESCO within the framework of the project of UNESCO Office in Jakarta entitled ‘Safeguarding the Intangible
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2. Presentation by participants
Three participants are requested to make presentations during the study tour in Japan under the theme“Current situation and problems in safeguarding ICH in Timor-Leste”, which will be followed by thegroup work sessions.
3. Group work sessions
Throughout the study tour, IRCI will organize the group work sessions to identify and discuss the
problems regarding the safeguarding of ICH in Timor-Leste. At the last session, it is expected thatsome concrete and practical ideas to solve them in the next 2-5 years will be elicited.
4. Field visits
Participants are given opportunities to visit the following different types of museums and facilities inconnection with the safeguarding of ICH at national and community levels:
Field Visit 1: Tokyo National Museum
Field Visit 2: National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
Field Visit 3: Namahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum
Field Visit 4: Community Centre of Traditional Handicrafts of Yuki City
Field Visit 5: Tsumugi no yakata (Yuki Tsumugi Museum)
Field Visit 6: Artisan (Mr. Hiroshi Nomura, )’s weaving studio in Yuki Community
Field Visit 7: Shoji Hamada Memorial Mashiko Sankokan Museum and		
Guided Tour in Mashiko Town
Field Visit 8: Observation of Kabuki at National Theatre

Venue and Schedule
Date: 22-26 October, 2013
Venue: Tokyo, Oga City, Yuki City and Mashiko Town
(Detailed schedule and venues are indicated on the separate sheet “Schedule”)

Expected Outcomes• Participants (East Timorese officers in cultural sector) obtain ideas for the effective safe-

guarding in their institutional and policy frameworks, which may contribute to further
development of the frameworks at national and local levels in Timor-Leste.
• Participants recognise the current status and key issues in their country.

OrganisersInternational Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)UNESCO Office in Jakarta

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Contacts
Ms. Misako Ohnuki
Deputy Director-General, IRCI
Address: Sakai City Museum, 2 Cho, Mozusekiun-cho,
Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka 590-0802, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)72-275-8050
Fax: +81-(0)72-275-8051
E-mail: d-dunescoc2c@unesco-c2jp.jp
Mr. Masanori Nagaoka
Programme Specialist, UNESCO Office in Jakarta
Address: Galuh II no 5, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta,
DKI Jakarta 12110, Indonesia
Tel: +62-21-7399 818 ext.826
Fax: +62-21-7279-6489
E-mail: m.nagaoka@unesco.org

Annex II. List of ParticipantsParticpants
Ms. Cecilia Maria Belo de Assis
General-Director of Arts and Culture, Ministry of Tourism
Ms. Irene Gonçalves dos Reis
Head of Research and Publishing Section in National Directorate of Culture Heritage,
Ministry of Tourism
Ms. Diamantina Mendonça de Araújo
Technical Assistant Professional of the National Directorate of Cultural Heritage,
Ministry of Tourism
Mr. Elísio Emiliano do Carmo
Department of National Cultural Heritage, Position of Technical Professional,
Ministry of Tourism
Mr. Paulo da Costa Maher
Department of National Cultural Heritage,
Position of Technical Auxiliary Administration, Ministry of Tourism
Ms. Maria Julieta da Costa
Chief of Culture Section, Oecusse District
Mr. Rui Amaral Suri Seran
Art & Culture of the Ministry of Tourism for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste,
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		 State Secretariat for Art and Culture, Head of Culture Manufahi District
Mr. Nuno Vasco da Silva Miranda de Oliveira
		 Adviser to Cultural Heritage Policies and Management,
		 State Secretariat of Arts and Culture, Ministry of Tourism

Resource Persons
Mr. Kensaku Kikuchi
		 Chief Senior Specialist, Cultural Properties, Cultural
		 Properties Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Mr. Kazuaki Nakamura
		 Chief, the Namahage Museum
Mr. Yusuke Igarashi
		 Chief Curator, Cultural Asset Team, Lifelong Learning Division,
		 Oga Municipal Board of Education
Mr. Fumioki Ito		 Chief, Tourism Section, Division of Tourism and Commerce,		 Department of Industrial Construction, Oga City
Ms. Kiyomi Sekine
		 Chief, Division for Sports and Culture in the Yuki Municipal Board of Education
Mr. Hiroshi Nomura
		 Head, Association for the Preservation of Honba Yuki-tsumugi Weaving Techniques
Mr. Takeji Okuzawa
		 CEO, Okujun Co. Ltd.

UNESCO and IRCI
Mr. Akio Arata		 Director-General, International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage
		 in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)
Ms. Misako Ohnuki
		 Deputy-Director, IRCIMr. Takao Mishima
		 Chief Executive Clerk, IRCIMr. Shigeaki Kodama
		 Associate Fellow, IRCI
Ms. Chisa Inouchi
		 Associate Fellow, IRCI
Mr. Masanori Nagaoka
		 Culture Programme Specialist, UNESCO Office in Jakarta

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Annex III. Programme Schedule
Monday, 21 October, 2013
9:00

Arrival in Narita Int’l Airport (Flight No. GA884)

10:00–12:00

Move to Uguisudani Station (by trains)

12:00–13:00

Lunch (around Uguisudani Station [TBD])

13:00–

Hotel Check-in(Candeo Hotels Ueno Park)

Tuesday, 22 October, 2013
8:30

Depart the hotel

9:00–11:00

Field Visit 1: Tokyo National Museum

11:00–12:00

Session 1: Opening (Meeting Room 4, Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum）
Opening Address by organisers and a representative of participants- Ms. Misako Ohnuki (Deputy-Director, IRCI)- Mr. Masanori Nagaoka (Programme Specialist, UNESCO Office in Jakarta)- Ms Cecilia Maria Belo de Assis (General-Director of Arts and Culture,
Ministry of Tourism, Timor-Leste)
Introductionofparticipants
andorganisers•• Introduction of IRCI projects• Introduction of the study tour programme• Orientation (Moderator: Mr. Takao Mishima, Chief Executive Clerk, IRCI)

12:00–13:00

Lunch (in Meeting Room 4 of Tokyo National Museum)

13:00–14:30

Session 2: Presentation by three participants“Current situation and problems in safeguarding ICH in Timor-Leste”(15min. each)
Presenters: Irene Gonçalves, Celestino Sarmento, and Rui Amaral

14:30–15:00

Break

15:00–17:00

Session 3 (A): Group Work 11
Identification and analysis of the problems in Timor-Leste

Wednesday, 23 October, 2013
9:00–9:30

Leave the hotel and move to National Research Institute for Cultural Properties,
Tokyo (by microbus)

9:30–10:30

Field Visit 2: National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo

10:30–11:00

Move to Agency for Cultural Affairs (by microbus)

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11:00–12:00
			
			
			
			

Lecture 1 (Special Meeting Room, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan)“Japanese Law and system for the Protection of Cultural Propeties”
Lecturer: Mr. Kensaku Kikuchi, Chief Senior Specialist for Cultural Properties,
Cultural Properties Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Q&A

12:00–14:00

Move to Ueno Station (by microbus)

14:00–18:00
			Move to Akita Station (by super-express train)∗Lunch on board (to be arranged by IRCI)

18:30

Hotel Check-in (Hotel Metropolitan Akita)

Thursday, 24 October, 2013
8:00–9:30

Leave the hotel and move to Namahage Museum (by microbus)

9:30–11:00

Field Visit 3: (Namahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum)• Exhibition and performance of Namahage 2• Discussions with the Namahage practitioners

			
			

11:00–12:30
Lecture 2 (Meeting room, Namahage Museum)			“Exhibiting methods of Namahage and transmission efforts in the community”
			Lecturers: Mr. Kazuaki Nakamura, Chief of the Namahage Museum,			
Mr. Yusuke Igarashi, Curatorial Chief, Cultural Property Section,
				
Department of Lifelong Learnng, Board of Education,
				Oga City Advisor: Mr. Fumioki Ito, Chief of Tourism Section,
				Division of Tourism and Commerce, Department of Industrial				Construction, Oga City			
Advisor: Mr. Fumioki Ito, Chief of Tourism Section, Division of Tourism andCommerce, Department of Industrial Construction, Oga City
			
Q&A
12:30–13:45

Move to Akita Station (by microbus)

13:45–15:50

Lunch (in Akita Station [TBD]) and Free time

15:50–20:00

Move to Uguisudani Station (by super-express and local trains)

20:30

Hotel Check-in(Candeo Hotels Ueno Park)

Friday, 25 October, 2013
6:15–9:00

Depart the hotel and move to Yuki City (by microbus)

9:00–9:30
			Lecture 3 (Meeting Room, Community Centre of Traditional Handicrafts of
Yuki City)

2 Namahage is a traditional Japanese folklore (rituals) which is listed as Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property ofJapan.

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Lecturer: Ms. Kiyomi Sekine, Director of Department of Sports and Culture,
Board of Education, Yuki City
Q&A
9:30–10:20

Lecture 4 (Meeting Room, Community Centre of Traditional Handicrafts of
Yuki City)“Current status and issues on transmitting Yuki-tsumugi”
Lecturer: Mr. Hiroshi Nomura, Head of Association for the Preservation of
Honba Yuki-tsumugi Weaving Techniques
Q&A (Trainees of Yuki-tsumugi will join the Q&A)

10:30–11:00

Lecture 5 (Tsumugi no yakata [Yuki Tsumugi Museum])“Promotion of Yuki-tsumugi by private company”
Lecturer: Mr. Takeji Okuzawa, CEO of Okujun Co. Ltd.
Q&A

11:00–11:30

Field Visit 5: Tsumugi no yakata [Yuki Tsumugi Museum]

11:40–12:40

Lunch (Restaurant Kokyu, Yuki City)

12:50–14:00

Field Visit 6: Artisan(Mr. Hiroshi Nomura)’s weaving studio

14:00–15:00

Move to Mashiko Town (by microbus)

15:00–16:45

Field Visit 7: Shoji Hamada Memorial Mashiko Sankokan Museum andGuided Tour in Mashiko Town
• Exhibition of Mr. Shoji Hamada4’s works (Mashiko yaki [traditional pottery])and his collections• Walk in the Jonai-zaka Street (the town’s main street specially designed for
promotion of Mashiko yaki)

16:45–20:00

Back to the hotel in Tokyo (by microbus)
Dinner on board (to be arranged by IRCI)*At the end of the day, participants will be requested to complete the evaluation sheet, which is tobe submitted in the morning of 26 October.

Saturday, 26 October, 2013
8:00

Depart the hotel

8:30–10:00

Session 3 (B): Group Work 2(Small Lecture Hall, Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum)

3 Yuki tsumugi is traditionally woven textile, whose traditional weaving techniques are inscribed on UNESCO’s
Representative List.
4 Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), designated as “Living National Treasure” during his lifetime, is a potter who was influential
in the Japanese pottery in the 20th Century.

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Discussion on possible solutions to the problems identified through Group 		
Work 1

10:00–11:00
			
			
			

• Final Discussions• Review of the Study Tour
• Concluding Remarks by a representative of the participants and IRCI

11:00–12:00

Move to National Theatre (by Metro or Taxi)

12:00–16:40
			

Field Visit 8: Seeing Kabuki 5 at National Theatre∗Lunch in the theatre

16:40–		

Free time

Session 4: Final Discussions and Closing

Sunday, 27 October, 2013
7:00–9:00

Leave the hotel and move to Narita Int’l Airport (by trains)

11:00			Departure from Narita Int’l Airport (Flight No. GA881)

5 Kabuki is a traditional dance-drama which is inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List.

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Annex IV. Opening Addess
Annex IV. Opening Address 1

Opening Address
Misako Ohnuki
Deputy-Director, International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region

Good morning everyone.
On the occasion of this holding of the “Study Tour for East Timorese ICH Experts in Japan” I would
like to say a few words as the representative of the International Research Centre for Intangible
Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region.
I am very pleased to welcome Mr. Nagaoka from the UNESCO Office in Jakarta and all of thegovernment officials from Timor-Leste to autumnal Tokyo today. Thank you all for coming, andwelcome. Moreover I would like to thank you all for choosing our country Japan as the place for yourstudy tour.
Our centre was opened in October 2011 and is instigating research in the Asia-Pacific region using
two methods. Firstly, we identify the research issues and human resources related to safeguardingof intangible cultural heritage in accordance with the Convention for the safeguarding of Intangible
Cultural Heritage, and secondly we identify the intangible heritage that is endangered and researchmeasures to safeguard the endangered intangible heritage. Therefore, I feel that your visit on thisoccasion will be extremely valuable for both parties in the future as well.
You should all have a schedule in front in you. Given the tight program over just five days we havefocused on three issues we would like you to examine.
The first is:“Initiatives for intangible cultural heritage by Japan as a country”
The second is:“Good practices for the safeguarding initiatives by local governments”
And the third is:“Museums of the national government and communities – particularly focusing on the best approach
to exhibits and utilization of living cultural heritage that are useful for handing down the living
cultural heritage to future generations”.
We focused on these three points and arranged the respective lectures and visit destinations for theparticipants in this study tour.
Regarding the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Japan
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preparatory stage of drafting the convention onwards. Furthermore, with regard to endeavouring
to ensure the active involvement of communities in the intangible cultural heritage as stated in
Article 15 of the convention, diverse examples of the safeguarding of intangible heritage exist in thecommunities of Japan.
Diverse good practices exist in Japan, for example how the intangible heritage inside communities
has been recorded, what was done in the case that the intangible heritage of communities became
endangered due to the outflow of successors to cities, how restoration was achieved in the case thatmost of the successors died in war, how community schools were utilized to train successors, andmany more.
For this reason a lot of interest has already been shown in these examples of safeguarding, not only in
the Asia-Pacific countries but also in Africa and other places.
On the other hand, initiatives by the national government include the creation 60 years ago of the
Act on Protection of Cultural Properties that provides for the preservation and utilization of culturalproperties. This law safeguards both tangible cultural properties and intangible cultural properties,
and it stipulates three elements of intangible cultural heritage: “intangible cultural properties,”“intangible folk cultural properties,” and “cultural property preservation techniques.” Tomorrow you
will all have an opportunity to hear a specialist from the Agency for Cultural Affairs talk about thesethree elements.
Moreover initiatives by related research institutions other than the national government include the
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, which was established with an investment
from the national government, conducting research into and creating records of intangible cultural
heritage. The institute is located next to this building. We plan to take you all to visit the institutetomorrow.
Furthermore, the Japan Arts Council has established and operates the National Theatre of Japan,
the National Engei Hall, the National Noh Theatre, the National Bunraku Theatre, and the National
Theatre Okinawa, and is engaged in presenting the traditional performing arts to the public, training
successors, and conducting surveys and research, etc.
In addition, in order to safeguard the cultural properties of regions in prefectures or municipalities,
ordinances for the safeguarding of cultural properties have been stipulated and financial support andtechnical support is being provided for the management, repair, and public presentation, etc. of thecultural properties designated based on those ordinances. You are all going to visit Yuki City and Oga
City and you will have an opportunity there to hear more about these measures from the people in thelocal communities.
Sometimes the utilization of art museums and natural history museums, which are supported by thepeople of the region, has great value for the attempt to hand down living cultural heritage to future
generations. In such cases, the approach of the art museums and natural history museums must be
substantially different from that of the national government. As examples of this, we present thetwo cases in the program. The first is a natural history museum that exhibits the traditional rituals

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crafts to future generations. I will explain about this in more detail later using the explanations in the
program.
Finally, the schedule for this program is five days, an extremely short time. Therefore, the schedule
will be extremely tight but the active participation of each and every one of you will be the mostimportant factor in making this study tour worthwhile. I hope you will actively participate in thequestion-and-answer sessions after the lectures and in the discussions of dubious points, to the extent
that time allows.
It is now autumn in Japan, the most beautiful and comfortable season of the year. However, thetemperature is much lower than in your country so please take sufficient care of your health and I
hope you will enjoy your time in Japan.
Note that the centre will compile the content of the lectures and your feedback about the lectures intoa final report. We intend to deliver the report to all of the other people who could not participate in the
study tour so that our work here can be helpful for them as well.
Finally, I would like to conclude my statements by expressing my deep gratitude to Mr. Nagaoka
from the UNESCO Office in Jakarta for cooperating with the implementation of this study tour.
Thank you very much.

Annex IV. Opening Address 2

Opening Address
Masanori Nagaoka
Culture Programme Specialist, UNESCO Office in Jakarta, Esteemed Colleagues in the Tokyo National Museum

Mr. Akio Arata, Director-General, International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in
the Asia-Pacific Region- Ms. Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director-General, International Research Centre for Intangible
Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region- Cecília Assis, National Director of Culture, State Secretariat of Art and Culture of the Ministry of
Tourism, Bondia
It is my pleasure to be here and involved in such a significant training workshop that brings together
experts from Timor-Leste and Japan with the common goal of safeguarding ICH.
On behalf of UNESCO, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and acknowledge the State
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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)a person behind this initiative and a strong initiator of safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage(ICH) in Timor-Leste, Mrs. Cecília Assis, National Director of Culture, leading the delegation from
Timor-Leste for this visit, and who has been instrumental to ICH safeguarding actions in TimorLeste, and to the ICH experts from Timor-Leste.
I would also like to acknowledge and thank Mr. Akio Arata, Director-General of the International
Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) for his strong
support of this initiative and leadership in the safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific, and Ms.
Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director-General of IRCI, as well as the dedicated team of IRCI who havedeveloped this study visit.
Ladies and gentlemen
Intangible heritage is a foundation of wisdom and knowledge upon which to build sustainable
development for all. It provides people with a sense of identity and continuity. Cultural heritage does
not end at monuments and collections of objects. It also includes traditions or living expressions
inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants that we know now as ‘intangible
cultural heritage’. This is the spirit of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage (2003), which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
As I am sure our colleagues from Timor-Leste will share with us today, Timor-Leste is home to arich and diversified intangible cultural heritage. The country has long and distinguished tradition of
poetry, folklores, tais, craftsmanship, architectural style and technique which we can find from the
Uma Lulik and Ai To’os collections. However, the sustainability of the living cultural heritage has
been challenged by the need for capacity building in human resources and mechanism of safeguarding
practices.
UNESCO and the government of Timor-Leste have been working closely together to support thesafeguarding of ICH through community based inventorying training and awareness raising activities.
In this regard learning various experiences for the safeguarding of ICH in Japan is a significant
occasion for the national officials of Timor Leste, and I strongly believe that this experience will playa crucial role in supporting ICH safeguarding in Timor-Leste and developing links between Japanand Timor Leste, and moreover, across the region.
By gathering here today and participating in this study visit, we are all already one step closer to theprogressive practice of safeguarding our intangible heritage and ensuring its sustainability for longterm transmission to our future generation. I wish you a most productive workshop and look forward
to the fruitful outcomes of this meeting.
Thank you.

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Annex IV. Opening Address 3

Opening Address
Cecília Maria Belo de Assis
National Director of Culture, State Secretariat of Art and Culture of the Ministry of Tourism, Bondia- Ms. Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director-General, International Research Centre for Intangible
Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region- Mr. Masanori Nagaoka, Culture Programme Specialist, UNESCO Office in Jakarta,
Esteemed colleagues in the Tokyo National Museum,Ladies and Gentlemen,First, please accept my thanks in the name of the Government of the Democratic Republic of TimorLeste.
This is a unique opportunity, the outcome of joint work carried out in recent years by the Secretary ofState for Art and Culture of Timor-Leste and UNESCO Office in Jakarta.
Mr Masanori Nagaoka is an old friend of our country. Since 2009, when he became responsible forcultural programmes of UNESCO Office in Jakarta, Mr Nagaoka has supported Timor-Leste witheffort and dedication in fund-raising, organising training and raising our leaders’ awareness of theimportance of culture to the country’s sustainable development.
In 2012, during the financial crisis experienced by UNESCO, the Government of Timor-Leste decided
to contribute a little support to help some UNESCO projects around the world continue. Following
this support, the Secretary of State for Art and Culture has worked closely with the UNESCO officein Jakarta, and with Mr Masanori Nagaoka in particular, to ensure that some of this support could be
reinvested in cultural projects in our country.
After waiting for several months, in early 2013 we finally received the good news that the project
to investigate, evaluate and promote the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Timor-Leste had been
approved.
This project, of which this study visit is part, also includes publication of a book of photographs
and an exhibition of the richness and diversity of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Timor-Leste.
Next December the project will run another training programme aimed at raising awareness amongleading politicians and senior technical figures in our country of the need to ratify the 2003 UNESCO
Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Timor-Leste has been a UNESCO member since regaining its independence in 2002. However, although
important work is being done, none of the important UNESCO Conventions has yet been signed.

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Timor-Leste was a colony for almost five centuries and in recent decades suffered hugely from thewar, the result of nearly twenty-five years of military occupation.
There are many current development priorities. Apart from the lack of a quality road network,
education and health infrastructure is also deficient. Timor-Leste also still has high rates of illiteracy
and the lowest per capita income in Asia.
Despite these difficulties, investment in the cultural sector has grown in recent years. Over the next
decade, we plan to build a National Library, a Museum and Cultural Centre, a School of the Arts andCreative Industries, and Cultural Centres in some of our 13 districts.
There is a great deal of work to do, but our ambition and will are also great. In Timor-Leste, we areshort of human resources in many areas, and culture is no exception.
For all these reasons, this study visit that begins today, provided by UNESCO Office in Jakarta andmade in collaboration with the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the
Asia-Pacific Region, with the Tokyo National Museum and various other Japanese institutions, is of
the utmost importance to our country.
Once again, thank you. My colleagues here today will take full advantage of this opportunity, willlearn from the best, and will return to Timor-Leste with even greater enthusiasm to work on behalf ofthe cultural and sustainable development of our young nation.

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Annex V. Introduction of IRCI’s Activities (PPT)Introduction of the Activities of International
Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage
in the Asia-Pacific Region(IRCI) Japan
22 October 2013

Misako Ohnuki
Deputy Director of IRCI Japan

2013/10/21
Misako Ohnuki

International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural
Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region(IRCI), Japan

2013/5/29

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International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)I. Research on the Impact of theConvention

IRCI’s Activities in Focus
FY2013-2015
Facilitating research

I. Research for Safeguarding Endangered ICH[Mid-term policies (1), (2) & (3)]Collaboration of researchers and institutes

II. Mapping Studies on the Safeguarding of ICH[Mid-term policies (4) &(5)]

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Needs Assessment(hearings, questionnaire etc.)

Theoretical Approach
Current Status
Issue Identification

Request for ICH experts’ support（from Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Nepal, Laos…)

RESEARCH PROJECTSPractical Safeguarding Methodology
Methodology
Developmentc

TheoryPolicy Formulation

Application
to the case

Modification

OUTCOMES
Facilitating Effective Implementation of the 2003 Convention

・Capacity building of the local experts
・Recommendations for effective
safeguarding (laws, theoretical model,
action plan for revival etc.)

・Community-based documentation
・Implementing Action plan
・Supporting inscription of ICH

I. Research for Safeguarding Endangered ICH[Mid-term policies (1), (2) & (3)]Ongoing Projects (FY 2013-2015)
Legal Systems for Safeguarding of ICH in the
Mekong Region

Endangered Traditional Handicrafts in
Post-Conflict States (Sri Lanka)
Vietnamese ICH element Dong-Ho wood-block
printings

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II. Mapping Studies on the Safeguarding of ICH
Preliminary Research(FY2013)
ConvertExisting Research Database, Institutes etc.
Link

Digital Research Repository on ICH
・A New Website to be launched in cooperation
with experts in informatics (FY 2014-)
・Compiling research outcomes

Enhancing Research Activities as means to safeguard ICH in the AP Region・Support sharing research outcomes on ICH in the AP region
through IRCI’s digital platform
・Stimulate academic discussions on safeguarding of ICH in the AP region
・Strengthening research network (researchers, institutes)
・Awareness raising of safeguarding ICH for researchers

II. Mapping Studies on the Safeguarding of ICH[Mid-term policies (4) &(5)]Ongoing Project (FY 2013-2014)
Exploring Research for the Safeguarding of ICH
in the Asia-Pacific Region➣Identification and discussion of the key issues incontext of the Asia-Pacific Region➣Building “Digital Research Repository” to promoteacademic research in the Asia-Pacific region

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RESEARCH FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED ICH
Theoretical Approach
Handicrafts in
Sri Lanka

Practical Safeguarding Methodology

Legal systems in
Mekong Region

Application to
the case

Current Status‘Dong Ho’
block painting

Issue Identification

Methodology
Development

TheoryPolicy Formulation
・Capacity building of thelocal experts
・Recommendations for
effective safeguarding(laws, theoretical model,
action plan for revival etc.)
Gov. Officers
Researchers

RESEARCH NETWORKING
Experts
Meeting

Modification

Mapping
Studies

Research Database
Research Guidelines
Research Cooperation in the AP region
IRCI ・UNESCO

Workshop・Community-based
documentation
・Action Plan
・Supporting
inscription of ICH
Community
ICH Practitioners

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for the Promotion of Cultural Identity andCommunity Resilience in Timor-Leste