Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago through strengthening their capacities for implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Overview:

The 3.5 year project saw the implementation of an integrated strategy with a series of workshops and activities aimed at reinforcing the capacity of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage. To this end, it included: (i) policy advice, (ii) workshops on the implementation of the Convention, (iii) workshops on community-based inventorying and (iv) pilot inventorying›››

News and activities:

• 2014-06-10 – Review meeting: safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
• 2013-10-01 – Inventorying the living heritage of Belize

Action plan for safeguarding the Maroon Heritage of Moore Town

Benefitting country(ies): Jamaica

Overview:

The Moore Town Maroons elaborated new collective religious ceremonies that incorporated various spiritual traditions. These expressions and practices, which were then named Kromanti Play, continue to represent the very foundation of Maroon identity. As part of their heritage, the inhabitants of Moore Town also possess a unique system of communally-held “treaty lands”, a local political structure and the use of the›››