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Mexico
Second Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (2.EXT.COM)
zil, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, China, Estonia, France, Gabon, Hungary, India, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Viet Nam Members of the Bureau of the second extraordinary session of the Committee Chairperson: H.E. Ms Irina Bokova (Bulgaria) Vice-Chairs: India,...
...19 May 2023>1.GA : Election of the Intergovernmental Committee
Belgium Turkey Electoral Group II: Hungary Estonia Romania Bulgaria Electoral Group III: Mexico Brazil Peru Electoral Group IV: China Japan India Viet Nam Electoral Group V(a): Nigeria Senegal Gabon Electoral Group V(b): Algeria United Arab Emirates The General Assembly decided that the drawing by lot of the Mem...
29 June 2006>Paris
The Committee Takes note that Mexico has proposed Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico for selection and promotion by the Committee as a best safeguarding practice: The Center for Indigenous Arts was designed as a...
7 December 2012>Paris
rector of the Department of World Heritage at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INHA) of Mexico, and Mrs. Mónica Lacarrieu, Director of the Cultural Anthropology Programme of the Institute of Anthropological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). ,“Patrimonio Vivo”: three South American countries team up for the im...
8 October 2012 - 12 October 2012>Salta
Bolero: identity, emotion and poetry turned into song
t of the Latin American sentimental song, with a strong lyrical character deeply rooted in Cuba and Mexico. A cultural amalgam, it combines the language used in European poetry, with African rhythms of enslaved peoples and the sentiments of the native peoples of the Americas. Bolero lyrics allude to daily life, and the songs are performed in a v...
Cuba, Mexico
First Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (1.EXT.COM)
il, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, China, Estonia, France, Gabon, Hungary, India, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Viet Nam Members of the Bureau of the first extraordinary session of the Committee Chairperson: H.E. Mr WANG Xuexian (China) Vice-Chairs: Belgium, B...
...19 May 2023>La Romería (the pilgrimage): ritual cycle of 'La llevada' (the carrying) of the Virgin of Zapopan
ice year after year, La Romería is considered as one of the most popular and strongly rooted traditions in west Mexico. Through organized civil and ecclesiastical groups, the community of bearers and practitioners has ensured the survival of this cultural manifestation....
MexicoThe Committee, Takes note that Mexico has nominated Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, described as follows: Living in the semi-desert zone of the state o...
2 October 2009>Abu Dhabi
Workshop on the implementation of the 2003 Convention at the national level in Honduras
Presidency. Conducted by two members of the UNESCO-certified experts network, Mr Enrique Pérez López (Mexico) and Ms María Ismenia Toledo (Venezuela), these sessions are designed to provide the focal points of the project in each of the recipient countries with an overview of the objectives, the key concepts and international mechanisms of the...
18 March 2013 - 22 March 2013>Tegucigalpa
Workshop on community-based inventorying in Dominican Republic
rs of the UNESCO network of facilitators, María Ismenia Toledo (Venezuela) and Enrique Pérez López (Mexico), the workshop brings together 30 specialists, students and bearers of intangible cultural heritage for a training on the approach promulgated by the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage to inventories an...
31 March 2014 - 6 March 2014>Baní