Crafts and culture are intertwined in many ways, with crafts serving as a means of expressing, preserving and celebrating intangible cultural heritage. They play a vital role in maintaining a community's identity and traditions while fostering cultural exchange and economic development. Efforts to support and promote traditional crafts are essential to the continued vitality of cultural traditions and identities.

By preserving crafts, we are investing in the cultural richness and diversity of the world, as well as in the continuity of valuable traditions and practices that enrich society.