Edinburgh's Napier University, in association with UNESCO, has started a new project which aims to record traditions from all over Scotland. The project is interested in the dances, celebrations, superstitions, sayings, customs, beliefs and skills that make Scottish culture so diverse.

SNP MSP for Glasgow, Bob Doris, is calling on individuals and groups across Glasgow to take part in the project.

Over the centuries, local customs and traditions have fallen out of practice and been lost to history but others have survived. The project will formally log traditions and customs and will allow Scots to see their rich cultural heritage in the one place for the first time. Bob Doris MSP is asking people to get involved to help build the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland wiki national database, which is accessible to everyone.

Mr Doris said: "Everyone will know some local tradition or custom. It might just be a saying, a song or a dance that they learned from their grandparents.

"Or maybe it's a local festival that survives and thrives to this day. Whatever it is, Napier and UNESCO want to hear from local residents. Glasgow has a colourful history and the unique heritage of its local folk should be recorded for future generations."

Note:

Bob Doris MSP has supported the following parliamentary motion:

S3M-05786 Aileen Campbell (South of Scotland) (SNP): Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Scotland -
That the Parliament recognises the importance of the work being undertaken by Edinburgh Napier University in association with UNESCO through the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland project to record and protect the traditions, dances, celebrations, superstitions, sayings, customs, beliefs and skills being practised in Scotland; notes that this is a nationwide initiative that encourages all communities and individuals living in Scotland to take part and contribute; hopes that it is successful in safeguarding the living cultural practises across Scotland, which help shape people's sense of identity; encourages everyone to get involved and help build the ICH in Scotland's wiki national database, which is accessible to everyone and available at http://ichscotland.org/.