Cultural artefacts, craft traditions and aesthetic practices are properties that have historically been held in common across societies and in time. It is only in recent times that notions of exclusivity and privatized ownership of these productions have become widespread. Even today, in the nature of everyday life, most rural societies and communities hold some of the most precious cultural productions in common. These may range from ways of treating illnesses, practices of managing child birth, construction of dwellings, temple building, as well as craft and art traditions that are handed down across generations.