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UNESCO launches the platform ‘Transmedia Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in the Andean countries’

Kallawaya communities document their traditional healing and cultural practices for safeguarding purposes
Transmission workshop from elderly to younger Kallawayas
Key references
Ratification of the Convention on
28 February 2006Read the Convention in: [name_language]
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Committee Member
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2006 - 2008)Project
T-ICH4SD: transmedia intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development in Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador
1 June 2021 – 1 December 2021Amount (US$) 10,000
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Kallawaya communities
1 February 2014 – 1 December 2015Amount (US$) 150,000
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Oruro Carnival
1 April 2005 – 1 June 2009Amount (US$) 150,855
Aymara Cultural Universe
27 February 2009 – 30 April 2009Amount (US$) 7,500