Intangible heritage encompasses the expressions and traditions of communities across the world, inherited from ancestors and transmitted to descendants, often through the spoken word and performance.
Many of these communities are now represented within our multicultural Australia, so the question remains, how do we as Australians acknowledge and engage with the intangible heritage of so many rich cultures? How do we also recognise the First Australians, our Indigenous Peoples, and reflect in our sense of place the complexity of both the original culture and subsequent cultures? Are we doing enough to safeguard the intangible heritage values that enrich, engage and challenge the Australian ethos and which so extend the possibilities of our expressions?
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