Uganda: Young Ugandans mobilized for safeguarding Bigwala music and dance
Uganda: Young Ugandans mobilized for safeguarding Bigwala music and dance,Uganda:-Young-Ugandans-mobilized-for-safeguarding-Bigwala-music-and-dance,In July 2015, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage approved a grant of US$24,990 for the project “Safeguarding and promotion of Bigwal... Uganda
16 October 2017
Basoga communities of Uganda engage in the safeguarding of the Bigwala
ral Heritage Fund and implemented by the National Council of Folklorists of Uganda. Bigwala music and dance is a cultural practice of the Basoga people of Uganda, performed during royal celebrations such as coronations and funerals and, in recent decades, on social occasions. The members of the community feared that the dance will no longer be per... Uganda
20 March 2017
hat share common cultural heritage. The recently concluded project ‘inventorying of the music and dance of the Lozi and Nkoya people of Kaoma District’ was an exemplary effort towards ensuring harmony between the two ethnic groups that have encountered rifts over land disputes in the Kaoma District, located in the Western Province of Zambia.... Zambia
9 October 2017
Tajikistan national capacity for the safeguarding of living heritage strengthened
ulture; leading universities, libraries and museums; NGOs in the field of crafts, traditional music and dance; together with bearers of ICH elements, will learn about inventories under UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and will strengthen practical technical skills in identifying ICH and inventory-making... Tajikistan
13 May 2014
Sixteen new elements inscribed on the Representative List
h information, pictures and videos: Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry (Lebanon) Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi (Malawi) Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala (Mali) Traditional Mauritian Sega (Mauritius) Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting (Mongolia) Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan... international
27 November 2014
Special edition stamp to honor the Living Heritage
lays a fundamental role in shaping a strong cultural identity within each community. The Zaouli is a popular dance and music practiced by the Gouro communities of Côte d'Ivoire in the departments of Bouaflé and Zuénoula. The practise plays educational, recreational, and aesthetic purposes. Paying tribute to feminine beauty, it draws inspir... international
8 September 2023
India to host the 20th session of the Committee in 2025
sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India 2010: Chhau dance 2010: Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan 2010: Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala 2009: Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India 2008: Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre 2008: Trad... India
31 January 2025
involved in this project whose practitioners and bearers are Afro-descendants, such as: • Language, dance and music of the Garifuna (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) • Cocolo dance drama tradition (Dominican Republic) • La Tumba Francesa (Cuba) • Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture (Panama) ,UNESCO, together with... Belize
, Cuba
, Honduras
, Panama
12 May 2022
US$1.02 million project launched in Asia and the Pacific
plays in our daily lives. Among them you will find, The Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian traditional folk dance, The Sbek Thom, Khmer Shadow Theatre of Cambodia and The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse, Bhutan.... Bhutan
, Cambodia
, Mongolia
, Nepal
, Samoa
27 January 2012
Three new elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List
new elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya (Kenya) Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda (Uganda) Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory (Bolivarian Repu... Belgium
, Kenya
, Uganda
, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
25 November 2014