About the Project
Children’s Traditional Games as the ICH
Children’s traditional games are a precious intangible cultural heritage inseparable from community life. Their forms and patterns are as diverse as the cultural and geographical environment in which children are living and growing up.
Children’s traditional games are a vital tool for the physical and emotional growth of children within their community. They inculcate social values and play an important didactic role in the upbringing of children. They have been passed on from generation to generation and always evolving.
However, the traditional pastimes are now at risk of disappearing. Globalisation, growing urbanisation and accelerated economic development are threats to their perpetuation. Modern forms of entertainment, such as video games, are increasingly changing the way children interact with each other and risk undermining the very existence of traditional form of games, an integral part of their cultural heritage.
