Flute playing techniques have been passed down in his family for four generations, but Aqmal is concerned about passing down skills that can't earn money any more.
The act of braiding, as well, carries social importance not just because the time it takes renders story-telling inevitable, but because of the tradition of bonding between generations that comes with passing down skills.
Weavers, nearly all men, pass down their skills to their sons or male relatives.
Don't let older employees leave without passing down the skills, connections, and institutional knowledge they've spent years accumulating.
Unsung heroes Recognition for passing down special skills Among the ordinary people honoured for their dedication were a beef farmer, a Blackpool organist and a brass band player.
Diseases such as AIDS and malaria can cause or worsen hunger, in part by shortening lives of breadwinners and by causing families to fail to pass down farming skills to future generations.
(Masks used in festivals are routinely returned to their makers for repairs, and some are ritually destroyed). It is also rare to see an artist identified; masks are, after all, folk art, made as a sideline by carpenters, farmers and other laborers who pass down their skills for generations.
Local prisons contain significantly high proportions of the gitanos, although the authorities allow flamenco workshops for those in jail as a basic human right, whilst families still pass down their skills from generation to generation.
These people have lived off of their craft for generations and passed down their skills to their children and children's children.
We want to have workshops and classes where we can share and pass down the skills and traditions that are so much a part of our rich culture.
These apprentices are mentored by warriors, who pass down knowledge and skills they have learned from their own mentors.
