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Safeguarding of Lakalaka, Sung Speeches with Choreographed Movements
Safeguarding of Lakalaka, Sung Speeches with Choreographed Movements,A blend of dances, recitations, songs and music, the Lakalaka involves up to several hundred people aligned in rows dancing in rapid and energetic movements. Practised by communities throughout the islands, it features themes related to Tongan history, legends, values and social s...Benefitting country(ies) : Tonga
1 January 2005 - 1 December 2008
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga
,Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga The Tonga archipelago lies in the South Pacific approximately 2,000 kilometres north-east of New Zealand. It is the only constitutional monarchy in the Pacific region. Often considered Tonga’s national dance, Lakalaka is a blend of choreography, oratory, and vocal and instrumental polyphony. This cultu... Tonga
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Report on the implementation of the Convention
has undertaken some notable efforts to safeguard Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Particularly, Lakalaka was proclaimed as a masterpiece of oral and intangible cultural heritage in 2002 which was subsequently inscribed on the ICH Representative List of Humanity established by the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of ICH in 2008. The Lakala...
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Second Pacific meeting on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
ntative of the Government of Japan, Mr Akira Ouchi: English Presentations: Ms Emily Waterman on the Lakalaka: English Mr Paul Salmond Assistant Secretary of Literature and Indigenous Culture, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts, Canberra, Australia: English List of participants: English Report: English ''Con...2 December 2008 - 4 December 2008
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