Three new International Assistance projects supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
from a US$89,969 grant to implement the third project approved by the Bureau entitled The sound of Tango – Phase II. The Cienarte Foundation will be responsible for this project aiming at promoting the intergenerational transmission of the Tango tradition through education, artistic activities and publications. It is the second phase of the projec...
Egypt , Nepal , Uruguay23 October 2025
Intangible cultural heritage inventorying sees results in Argentina
rying sees results in Argentina,Intangible-cultural-heritage-inventorying-sees-results-in-Argentina,Tango bearers, government officials and members of concerned non-governmental organizations have been making steady progress since April 2013 in drawing up intangible heritage inventories, considered a priority safeguarding measure by the tango commu...
Argentina27 September 2013
Nearly US$500,000 granted to support safeguarding activities in Antigua and Barbuda, Burundi, Egypt, South Sudan and Uruguay
e (NICHC) and the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa. The project The Bandoneon: sound of Tango aims at safeguarding the bandoneon, a traditional instrument of Tango. Nowadays, however, there are only a handful of bandoneon players, most of whom are over 60 years of age, and only three luthiers dedicated to tuning and maintaining the band...
Antigua and Barbuda , Burundi , Egypt , Uruguay , South Sudan8 October 2020
Completion of the capacity-building programme in the Southern Cone
r seven months in six milongas (popular evenings where men and women gather in local clubs to dance tango) of Buenos Aires and to deliver the related publication to the two community associations involved, the Association of Teachers, Dancers and Choreographers of Argentinian Tango and the Association of Milonga Organizers, as well as to the nation...
Argentina , Paraguay , Uruguay13 February 2014
Intangible cultural heritage inventorying underway in Latin America
ith the generous support of Norway through the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. In Argentina, the tango community in Buenos Aires will undertake a similar exercise in the coming months, after a workshop on drawing up inventories of intangible cultural heritage starting on 25 February in Buenos Aires. With the support of UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trus...
Cuba , Norway26 February 2013
