This publication is a written record of the Asia-Europe Seminar on Ethnic Cultures Promotion held from 18th to 20th September 2001 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The aim of the seminar was to identify the status of ethnic cultures, to realize better ways to preserve and promote ethnic cultures in Asia and Europe. The book comprises of papers presented by experts the fields of ethnic culture, some of the issues covered are; ethnic cultures as a cultural and economic asset, programmes for regional cooperation in cultural heritage promotion, importance of promoting the exchange of ethnic cultures in Asia and Europe and methods of documentation.
Readership: experts, scholars, students, policy makers and professionals dealing with ethnic cultures.