Safeguarding of the Art of the Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers
pprentice method of transmitting the art of the Akyns will be revitalized. Kyrgyz scholars of epic poetry and cultural workers will be trained in state-of-the-art methods of digitization and archival management, including digital archives. The project intends to renew and promote interest in the art of the Akyns in Kyrgyzstan and abroad and ultim...
1 February 2005 - 1 October 2009
Action plan for the Safeguarding of the Ahellil of Gourara
(initiation) in schools and colleges of Gourara; organizing training workshops on Ahellil music, poetry and choreography; identifying Ahellil bearers and conducting inventory-making and data collection? organizing an annual festival (with Jury and Awards) to promote the Ahellil; and creating a website and newsletter on Ahellil, supported b...
1 December 2006 - 1 September 2009
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Baul Songs
uls are minstrels who travel from village to village, earning their living by singing. Their music, poetry and way of life have profoundly influenced Bengali culture. Bauls do not identify themselves with any organized religion nor with the caste system. They emphasize the importance of the human body as the place where God resides. While Bauls ar...
1 December 2008 - 1 October 2010
Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its bearers in Burundi
the UNESCO Member States. This inventory is intended to identify oral traditions and expressions, poetry, performing arts (such as agasimbo, ingoma, intore, etc.), social practices, rituals and festive events (such as marriage, celebration of the birth of twins, etc.), knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe (medicine, etc.), a...
1 June 2008 - 1 May 2009
New step in the MedLiHer project: Moviemakers and photographers meeting in Paris
honoring the heritage of the governorates of Damietta in Egypt, Madaba in Jordan and Lebanon Zajal poetry. Those various elements of cultural heritage are at the heart of the inventory work undertaken as part of Phase III of the project. The meeting in August aims at: developing a common vision of the film project between the coordinator/regi...
27 August 2012 - 29 August 2012
ParisPreparing the inventory in the Matanzas Province, Cuba
s, which is considered to be a reference for ''repentismo'' (art of improvising poetry) in Cuba and who gave its free, prior and informed consent to inventory its ''Cucalambé'' homes. These are family houses in which their members foster indigenous traditions which identify the ''criollismo'&ap...
12 November 2012 - 20 November 2012
MatanzasPartnerships for Inventorying Mediterranean Living Heritage
ntorying. In Lebanon, the research teams will be working with the communities of Zajal, a form of poetry widespread in the country. Egypt and Jordan will work with local communities in the governorates of Damietta and Madaba. For each project a workshop will train the concerned actors before the field inventorying begins. The Convention for the...
Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon6 July 2012
Communities in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan to embark on the inventorying of their living heritage
rsity; for Lebanon, the attention is given only to Zajal, a cultural practice rooted in traditional poetry, but constantly recreated and reinterpreted to address issues and themes of relevance to the larger society today....
Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon22 March 2012
Sixteen new elements inscribed on the Representative List
elements below lead to web pages with 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, practice...
international27 November 2014
New inscriptions on the lists of intangible cultural heritage
Colombia, songs of cow-herders from the Greater Magdalena region, chants of African slaves, Spanish poetry, dance from the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and European-style instruments. Performed at festivals, ''parrandas'' where friends and family gather in the street, and recognized by academia, it is co...
Algeria , Andorra , Argentina , Colombia , Spain , France , North Macedonia , Mongolia , Namibia , Uganda , Portugal1 December 2015
