The legal term Cultural Convention

The European Cultural Convention is an international treaty opened for signature by the Council of Europe

Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...

 in Paris on 19 December 1954. Its signature is one of the conditions for becoming a participating state in the Bologna Process

Bologna process

The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...

 and its European Higher Education Area

European Higher Education Area

The European Higher Education Area was launched along with the Bologna Process' decade anniversary, in March 2010, during the Budapest-Vienna Ministerial Conference....

 (EHEA). The term Convention is used as a synonym for an international legal treaty.

The term used otherwise

Cultural Convention is an IASAS

Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools

The Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools is an association of six schools in and around Southeast Asia. The member schools are International School Bangkok , International School of Kuala Lumpur , International School Manila , Jakarta International School , Singapore American...

 event, in which delegates from all six IASAS

Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools

The Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools is an association of six schools in and around Southeast Asia. The member schools are International School Bangkok , International School of Kuala Lumpur , International School Manila , Jakarta International School , Singapore American...

 schools meet at one designated location in order to celebrate their art.

Cultural Convention divides into two: "Art and Music" to which a convention is held in one school, and "Dance, Drama, Technological Theater, and Forensics/Debate" which meet in another. The music delegation includes choir

Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

, strings

String instrument

A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...

, band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 and pianists. Forensics events include Original Oratory

Original Oratory

Original Oratory is a competitive event in the National Forensic League, National Catholic Forensic League, and other high school forensic competitions in which competitors deliver an original speech on a subject of their choosing, though the speech must be factual....

, Oral Interpretation

Oral Interpretation

Oral Interpretation is a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading", though these terms are more conservative and restrictive...

, Extemporaneous Speaking

Extemporaneous speaking

Extemporaneous Speaking, also known as extemp, is a competitive event popular in United States high schools and colleges, in which students speak persuasively or informatively about current events and politics...

, and Impromptu

Impromptu

An impromptu is a free-form musical composition with the character of an ex tempore improvisation as if prompted by the spirit of the moment, usually for a solo instrument, such as piano...

. In the past few years, students who specialize in the technological side of theater also go to the convention. Cultural Convention is different from most IASAS

Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools

The Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools is an association of six schools in and around Southeast Asia. The member schools are International School Bangkok , International School of Kuala Lumpur , International School Manila , Jakarta International School , Singapore American...

 events primarily because it is not of a competitive nature, and only delegates dealing with Forensics

Forensics

Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...

/Debate

Debate

Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...

can receive medals for outstanding speeches. The event usually takes place in the first week of March, and is about four days long.