INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
ICH of student life in Brussels
Communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals may attach great importance to certain celebrations, rituals and social customs, crafts, skills and techniques, music or forms of performing arts, food and drink, storytelling and language, sports and games or knowledge and practices related to nature ... and consider them to be an important part of their cultural heritage. This living and dynamic heritage is passed on from generation to generation and deserves particular attention!
CAVA has already done research into:
- St V (a celebration of “Saint” Verhaegen, the founder of the ULB);
- Vrijzinnig Zangfeest (van Vlaanderen) (a secular humanist song contest for student societies at the VUB).
At the VUB, the collective 'Folklore Academy' watches over student traditions. But which practices do you consider to be too important to be lost? Singing the Lied van Geen Taal (“The Song of No Language”), wearing the typical student caps and sashes, the cantuses, the Spel zonder grenzen (a game between the student societies of different faculties), Saint Verhaegen (a celebration of the founder of the ULB)...? We’d love to hear all about it!