Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace…Colombia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices 2019
EN: Young musical instrument-building apprentice from the Pacific region of Colombia, a marginal area deeply affected by the armed conflict
EN: Learning gardening, implles not only embellishing the city of Cali's public spaces, it strengthens the knowledge of traditional land use, care of nature and the use of medicinal plants
EN: Delicate filigree jewelry like this grasshopper, from Mompox, represents a tradition of more than 400 years of goldsmithing and also an intimate relation with the surrounding environment
EN: Traditional crafts such as ironsmithing, in workshop like that of master Ernesto Pupo, contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage in the historic centers
EN: Master potter Herberto Ramírez, the last potter of Mompox, has dedicated himself to the transmission of his knowledge among the new generations, so this traditional craft does not disappear with him
EN: The apprenticeship of traditional crafts is aimed at young people, as a means of social inclusion and opportunities, particularly of those exposed to armed conflict and lack of access to education and employement
EN: Under the model of 'learning-by-doing', knowledge is combined with work, which allows to enhance and make visible the skills of apprentices, and provide tools to enter the labor market
EN: In the traditional crafts programme, gender equality id promoted, by including women in areas considered exclusive for men, as in the case of woodwork and traditional building techniques
EN: The programme favours intergenerational transmission, as demonstrated by Oswaldo Torres (in the middle), a riparian woodwork master who has inherited his jnowledge to his son Arnulfo Torres and his grandson Ronel Pacheco, maintaining the craft as part of their tradition
EN: In learning traditional cuisines, young people not only attain skills and labour opportunities, but they also recognize their territory, their land produce, and contribute to food security and well-being of their communities
