Social heritage
- Social heritage refers to the history and cultural identities of people in a particular region.
- It includes physical elements such as monuments, documents, and artifacts.
- It also includes oral traditions, customs, folklore, languages, music, dance, celebrations, and special skills.
Difference between culture and heritage
Culture |
Heritage |
is the composite body of knowledge that members of a society acquire by virtue of living in a place |
refers to the legacy of the people that they inherit from earlier generations. Heritage is what the people inherit from the past |
Culture is all that constitutes the way of life of a people. |
Heritage includes culture and is not restricted to artifacts and monuments alone. |
culture includes intrinsic items. |
Heritage is extrinsic items. |