Benefitting country(ies): Barbados

Overview:

To be implemented by the Division of Culture, Office of the Prime Minister of Barbados, this twenty-four-month project aims to spread awareness and support the transmission of landships, community-based cultural groups known for their social structure, performances and shared traditions. In addition to strengthening the capacities of existing landships, the project entails spreading awareness of the element and increasing opportunities for its practice. As part of an ongoing four-year safeguarding plan, the project will be implemented in each of the eleven parishes in Barbados. It will build on the ongoing teacher’s training programme to include stakeholders beyond the education sector, and expand the reach of the school landships to an additional eight schools. It will also involve an annual campaign to generate public awareness and interest in landships over the month of October. In addition to the above-mentioned awareness-raising activities, the project will contribute to capacity-building by supporting the Barbados Landship Association through technical and in-kind support, training workshops, and the establishment of five community landships. This project is expected to enhance the capacities of practitioners and other stakeholders to safeguard intangible cultural heritage while empowering the landship community to lead safeguarding initiatives.

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