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s the National Day of Afro-Argentine and Afro Culture. At the provincial level, laws include Arts and Craft Provincial Law No. 9,486 of Entre Rios (2003), which regulates the promotion and development of crafts; several other provinces have recognized specific elements or bearers. Currently, the National Board is the only institution that provides...
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n a competitive basis in different categories directed towards civil society; the Paraguayan Institute of Crafts, whose goal is to promote the development of national crafts, protect and stimulate the craft-makers, explore channels for marketing and support the training of craft-makers; the National Secretariat for Tourism (under the Presidency of...
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ditional ways of life, social feasts and practices, customs, beliefs, oral traditions and traditional craft skills and knowledge, these institutions have laid the foundations for further research and protection of the heritage through a protection system implemented under the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The...
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tage. It further provides for the review of the relevant pieces of legislation such as the Arts and Craft Act, Monuments and Relics Act, Museums Act and Copyright Act. All the relevant pieces of legislation have been revised but only the Copyright Act of 1989 has so far gone through parliament and in 2015 the amendment became law. The Act now empha...
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n institutions that carry out intangible cultural heritage-related documentation are: the Living Museum with its Craft Village, the Centre for Oral Traditions of the National Library (which undertakes partial inventories of traditional know-how), the National Museum of Gitega (its collections), Burundi National Radio-Television (archival footage),...
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g a new list of vocational professions and providing training courses for teachers and masters of practical instruction. Handicraft educational programmes were implemented in 44 state education institutions in 2006-2012, of which 28 were at the primary level and 16 at the middle level. In 2007, a government Decree subsidised fees for national instr...
First report of Latvia on the status of the element "Suiti cultural space"
he implemented initiatives, such as celebration of traditional festivities and music concerts, handicraft workshops and exhibitions. New NGOs, associations and music ensembles have also been set up for Suiti communities and their activity includes playing music and improvement of craft skills, in particular making of their traditional costume. It i...
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and the related budget. For example, under sub-programme 3.4.1, the valorisation of oral, medical, craft, musical, culinary and religious traditions can be achieved. In terms of specific safeguarding measures, this involves cultural festivals, craft fairs, cultural exhibitions and fêtes tied in with cultural tourism and which support socio-econom...
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Ministry of Arts and Culture, have been opened in different parts of the country to promote performing arts and traditional craftsmanship. Three more will be opened in the near future. Practices are now shown on national TV to create awareness and encourage people to take an interest in intangible cultural heritage. The promotion of traditional cra...
The report mentions that a body connected to traditional knowledge including traditional costume-making and the craftsmanship of musical instruments has been also established. According to Mongolia, there is now better awareness and younger people have been attracted to study and practise this art. The involvement, initiative and participation of...