and traditions". The Charter goes on to call for "the use or adoption... of traditional and correct forms of place-names in regional or minority languages". Similarly, UNESCO includes both "oral tradition" and "traditional manifestations" in its definition of a country's cultural properties and heritage. So therefore it works to preserve tradition in countries such as Brazil. In Japan, certain artworks, structures, craft techniques and performing arts are considered by the Japanese government to be a precious legacy of the Japanese people, and are protected under the Japanese Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. This law also identifies people skilled at traditional arts as "National Living Treasures", and encourages the preservation of their craft. For native peoples like the Māori in New Zealand, there is conflict between the fluid identity assumed as part of modern society and the traditional identity with the obligations that accompany it; the loss of language heightens the feeling of isolation and damages the ability to perpetuate tradition. Traditional cultural expressions The phrase "traditional cultural expressions" is used by the World Intellectual Property Organization to refer to "any form of artistic and literary expression in which traditional culture and knowledge are embodied. They are transmitted from one generation to the next, and include handmade textiles, paintings, stories, legends, ceremonies, music, songs, rhythms and dance." See also Folklore Origin myth Perennial philosophy Sacred tradition Traditionalism References Citations Works cited Hobsbawm, E. J., Introduction: Inventing Traditions, in Further reading Sowell, T (1980) Knowledge and Decisions Basic Books. Polanyi, M (1964) Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy Pelikan, Jaroslav (1984). The Vindication of Tradition. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. pbk. Klein, Ernest, Dr., A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language: Dealing with the origin of words and their sense development thus illustrating the history and civilization of culture, Elsevier, Oxford, 7th ed., 2000. External links https://hindi.webdunia.com/my-blog/parampara-nagar-chorasi-118100600052_1.html Social philosophy Political culture Social agreement Sociological terminology