Mangalore :

Leaders and representatives from 84 villages or ‘Vaalya’s of Kudubi tribe will meet to take stock of elements of their intangible cultural heritage such as traditional knowledge, skills and expressive culture that embody their Identity in a two-day workshop at World Konkani Centre, Shaktinagar from Saturday.

Organized by Karnataka Rajya Kudubi Samaja Sangha, Kudubi Koodukattugala Okkoota, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kudubi Seva Sangha, Kompadavu and Kudubi Samajoddhara Sangha, Udupi district, the workshop will also focus on preparing a developmental roadmap for the community for the next five years.

The workshop is supported by World Konkani Centre in tune with the  Unesco  convention on safeguarding Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) which encourages widest possible participation of the community in all levels of Safeguarding of ICH of a particular community.

The Workshop is also part of KONTACH an initiative under Vision TVM of World Konkani Centre which aims at empowering Konkani speaking communities by helping them prepare roadmap for integrated development of the community and at the same time encouraging them to safeguard elements of their intangible cultural heritage.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Mangalore / by Jaideep Shetty, TNN / December 06th, 2012