用英文解释文化遗产的概念？

Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of objects.

文化遗产不止是遗迹和典藏的实物。

It also includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions,performing arts, social practices, rituals,festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.

它还包括我们从祖先那里继承过来并将传承给我们后代的传统或活态表现形式，如口头传统、表演艺术、社会实践、仪式、节庆活动、有关自然和宇宙的知识和实践，或生产传统工艺品的知识和技能。

While these may not be tangible – they cannot be touched –they are a very important part of our cultural heritage.

然而这些可能不是有形的 - 它们无法被触及，但它们是我们文化遗产中非常重要的一部分。

This is intangible cultural heritage, a living form of heritage which is continuously recreated and which evolves as we adapt our practices and traditions in response to our environment.

这就是非物质文化遗产，一种活态形式的遗产。它根据环境适应我们的实践和传统，并不断被重新创造。

 It provides a sense of identity and belonging in relation to our own cultures.

它提供了与我们自己的文化相关的认同感和归属感。

As the world changes,modernisation and mechanisation are part of this living process – in many cases they might even assist and promote creativity.

随着世界的变化，现代化和机械化是这一活态进程的部分 - 在许多情况下，非物质文化遗产甚至可以促进并提升创造力。

However, people still play the key role in the creation and carrying forward of intangible cultural heritage.

但是，人们仍然在非物质文化的创造和发展中发挥着关键作用。

马拉维、莫桑比克和赞比亚的面具舞 

The Gule Wamkulu, Malawi, Mozambique,Zambia

Communities, collectively, are the ones who create, carry and transmit intangible cultural heritage.

集体性的社区是创造、承载并传承非物质文化遗产的主体。

A community might share an expression of such heritage that is similar to one practised by others.

一个社区可以分享一种其他社区有着类似实践的遗产表现形式。

Whether they are from the neighbouring village, from a city on the opposite side of the world,or have been adapted by peoples who have migrated and settled in a different region, all are intangible cultural heritage as they have been passed from one generation to another, have evolved in response to their environments and contribute to giving each community its sense of identity and continuity.  

无论它们是来自邻近的村庄，来自世界另一端的城市，还是为来自已迁移并定居在不同城市的人们所适应，它们都根据其环境发展而来，有助于赋予每个社区其认同感和连续性，是世代传承的非物质文化遗产。

Sharing similar heritage promotes respect and understanding of the other and reinforces social cohesion.

共享相似的遗产能促进相互尊重和理解，并能加强社会凝聚力。

Learning about different forms of intangible cultural heritage also promotes respect for others and intercultural dialogue.

了解不同形式的非物质文化遗产也能促进对他人的尊重和跨文化对话。