Project

T-ICH4SD: transmedia intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development in Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador

Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Colombia Ecuador

Building on ongoing activities coordinated by the UNESCO Office in Quito, this project provides funds for the creation of an online platform designed to increase the visibility and understanding of living heritage and its relation to the pandemic. The platform will be a space for knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning on the contribution of living heritage to sustainable development, with

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  • Project budget:
    US$ 10,000
  • Source:
    UNESCO - Regular budget
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/06/2021 - 01/12/2021

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Kallawaya communities

Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

The safeguarding action plan seeks, through intergenerational transmission, to ensure the preservation and transmission of the knowledge and wisdom of the Kallawaya culture, whose activity is bound to the ancestral healing medicine of the culture of the Andes. The main objectives of the safeguarding project are to: promote the preservation and safeguarding of Kallawaya culture at local, regional and national

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  • Project budget:
    US$ 150,000
  • Source:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/02/2014 - 01/12/2015

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Oruro Carnival

Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

The main event of the Oruro Carnival is a procession of thousands of dancers and musicians. The sumptuous costumes, beautifully painted masks, folk dances and songs bear witness to the influence of indigenous and Spanish cultures. The project aimed at increasing the viability of the Carnival through the reinforcement of existing transmission mechanisms, the introduction of new ones and raising

  • Project budget:
    US$ 150,855
  • Source:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/04/2005 - 01/06/2009
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