Saman nomination, held on 22 February 2010 at Bale Musara, Blangekejern, and Gayo Lues District. The statement signed by members of the Saman community is annexed. Evidence is Fig.10 also presented in the form of film and photo documentation of the verification seminar . It is significant that 100% of respondents (73/73) interviewed who replied to the question were of the opinion that inscription of Saman on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding will help the safeguarding of Saman cultural heritage as well as increase public awareness of Saman.
4.c.	Respect for customary practices governing access to the element Access to certain specific aspects of intangible cultural heritage is sometimes restricted by customary practices governing, for example, its transmission or performance or maintaining the secrecy of certain knowledge. Please indicate if such practices exist and, if they do, demonstrate that inscription of the element and implementation of the safeguarding measures would fully respect such customary practices governing access to specific aspects of such heritage (cf. Article 13 of the Convention). Describe any specific measures that might need to be taken to ensure such respect.
According to traditional customs, Saman may only be played by boys and men, generally those 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 who are young . This is confirmed by 81% of respondents (62/77). This will be noted in 1, 2, 3. efforts to safeguard Saman. There are no restrictions regarding who may watch Saman This is confirmed by 95% of respondents (71/75). There are no secrets which may not be known by the public regarding Saman. This is confirmed by 95% of respondents (70/74). Fig.19 There is another traditional Gayo dance for girls, called Bines . Bines also consists of body and hand movements but the dancers are standing. The dancers sing verses. (Fatimah Syam, Interview, 17/02/10, Blangkejeren).
5.	I ( CF. CRITERION U.5) NCLUSION OF THE ELEMENT IN AN INVENTORY This section is where the State Party establishes that the nomination satisfies Criterion U.5: 'The element is included in an inventory of the intangible cultural heritage present in the territory(ies) of th e submitting State(s) Party(ies) as defined in Articles 11 and 12'. Identify the inventory in which the element has been included and the office, agency, organization or body responsible for maintaining that inventory. Demonstrate that the inventory has been drawn up in conformity with Articles 11 and 12, in particular Article 11(b) that stipulates that intangible cultural heritage shall be identified and defined 'with the participation of communities, groups and relevant non- governmental organizations' and Article 12 requiring that inventories be regularly updated. The nominated element's inclusion in an inventory should not in any way imply or require that the inventory(ies) should have been completed prior to nomination. Rather, a submitting State Party may be in the process of completing or updating one or more inventories, but has already duly included the nominated element on an inventory-in-progress.
Saman had been inventoried by the (then) Arts Section of the Provincial Office of the (then) Department of Education and Culture of Aceh Special Province since 1972. The inventory had been upgraded several times since then. Much of the cultural documentation of the province of Aceh, including documentation on Saman, was destroyed in the tsunami tragedy on 26 December 2004. Some of the documentation is still kept by Mr. Asli Kesuma. (Asli Kesuma (72 years.), Interview 10/02/09, Banda Aceh) In February 2010, The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in collaboration with UNESCO Jakarta Office has published A Practical Handbook for Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia in a bilingual edition (Indonesian and English). This book contains 17 fields of inventory information, to be filled manually or electronically through a website. The 17 inventory information fields are as follows: Name of the Cultural Element; Other Names of the Element; Name of the Person reporting the Cultural Element; Place and Date of the Report of the Cultural

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