00866nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001400043700001200057245008600069300001200155490000700167520053200174022001400706                                       d1 aShaoya He1 aXia Zhu00aSafeguarding Festivals Reflections on the Training Workshop for Young ICH Bearers  a207-2170 v813 aThe Folklore Program at Beijing Normal University is participating in the new central government initiative "Workshop for Training Inheritance ofIntangible Cultural Heritage Bearers," a platform for ICH bearers to transmit traditional knowledge and skill to younger generations. This essay reflects on the experience of holding this workshop on the theme of "festival-ritual," which involved working with parties in the local village and government and promoting new models of transmitting traditions by training young bearers.  a0043-373X