living traditions

More generally, the driving force for the safeguarding of ICH originated from countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, motivated by their own conception of culture centered on living traditions.
Here what does the "living traditions" refer to?
 
  • The Newt

    Senior Member
    English - US
    The idea may be "their own conception of culture centered on the continuing practice of traditional arts rather than on artifacts to put in a museum display case."
     
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