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Nearly US$500,000 granted to support safeguarding activities in Antigua and Barbuda, Burundi, Egypt, South Sudan and Uruguay
Completion of the capacity-building programme in the Southern Cone
The Southern Cone concludes its capacity-building programme
Key references
Ratification of the Convention on
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Committee Member
Committee Member
Uruguay (2012 - 2016)Listing of ICH
Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice (2009, RL)
2 elements inscribed
Project
The Bandoneon: sound of Tango
1 April 2020 – 25 October 2023Amount (US$) 99,764
Documentation, promotion and dissemination of the Candombe traditional drum calls, expressions of identity of the Sur, Palermo, and Cordón neighbourhoods in the city of Montevideo
2 September 2013 – 31 August 2015Amount (US$) 186,875
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
1 June 2012 – 1 February 2014Amount (US$) 200,000