Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice
' or candombe drum calls enliven the Sur, Palermo and Cordón districts in southern Montevideo, Uruguay, home to a population of African descent. The practice of the candombe begins around communal fires as people gather to tune their drums and socialize before beginning their march. Once underway, the drum-call parade is led by the most presti...
Tatau Samoa (traditional Samoan tattooing)
trument. The bandoneon is an essential part of tango (a binational nomination between Argentina and Uruguay, inscribed on the Representative List of the 2003 Convention in 2009) and is now considered as one of the fundamental signs of Rio de la Plata identity. Nowadays, however, there are only a handful of bandoneonists, mostly over sixty years of...
Samoa2026-08-14 - 2028-04-30
UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks dedicated to living heritage
UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks,UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks dedicated to living heritage,...
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29 April 2026
“Patrimonio Vivo”: three South American countries team up for the implementation of the 2003 Convention
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are engaging in a capacity-building program for the safeguarding of their living heritage: entitled “Patrimonio Vivo”, the project is led by UNESCO Montevideo Office and financed thanks to the resources of the Japan Funds-in-Trust. The first workshop, to be organized during the second week of October 2012, will intr...
8 October 2012 - 12 October 2012
SaltaThe Committee Takes note that Uruguay has requested international assistance for the project entitled Documentation, promotion and dissemination of the Candombe traditional drum calls, expressions of identity of the Sur, Palermo, and Cordón neighbourhoods in the city of Montevideo, described as follows: Candombe traditional drums calls, or llamad...
Focus on measures taken by State Parties to raise awareness about the importance of intangible cultural heritage (2018)
ecialists of culture and arts, the day of textile workers, the harvest celebration, and others) and Uruguay (the National Day of Candombe, Afro-Uruguayan Culture and Racial Equity). Mali has established a National Week of Cultural Heritage, which is an opportunity to organize conferences, discuss cultural heritage safeguarding, foster the knowledge...
Stakeholders General public Heritage days, weeks and years Festivals, competitions Public recognition Living Human Treasures Communication, media Radio, television Different groups Social cohesion...
4 March 2026
Tango
,Tango The Argentinian and Uruguayan tradition of the Tango, now familiar around the world, was developed by the urban lower classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Rio de la Plata basin. Among this mix of European immigrants to the region, descendents of African slaves and the natives of the region known as ''criollos,''...
Tatau Samoa (traditional Samoan tattooing)
, or ''llamadas,'' of the Sur, Palermo and Cordon neighbourhoods of Montevideo, Uruguay, originated with African slaves. They are performed in neighbourhood streets and at carnivals by drum groups, accompanied by dancing and singing. Candombe is usually transmitted through families respected for their drum skills. However, since...
Samoa2026-08-14 - 2028-04-30
Tatau Samoa (traditional Samoan tattooing)
inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Argentina and Uruguay). The first phase of the project sought to promote the revitalization of the bandoneon – an emblematic instrument associated with Tango – through research, musical training and the development of materials such as ‘Master Musician Raúl Jauren...
Samoa2026-08-14 - 2028-04-30
National Workshop on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage Alta Gracia
tters within the 23 provincial governments and at national level and some officials of Paraguay and Uruguay. Senior experts from Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Latin America (CRESPIAL) will bring their technical expertise through concrete examples of management of intangi...
31 August 2010 - 2 September 2010
Cordoba