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Safeguarding Nigeria’s Intangible Cultural Heritage: Workshop on preparation of nomination files to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
26 June 2017 – Abuja Nigeria,As part of the project “Support to the Effective Implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Nigeria” UNESCO ›››
Community-based inventorying workshop with the Bida community
20 February 2017 – Niger State Nigeria,This workshop is an activity of a two-year (2014-2016) project financed by UNESCO/Japan Fund-in-Trust, to support effective implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding ›››
New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
1 December 2016 Germany, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Czechia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Afghanistan,Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Sixteen new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the ›››
Project
Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of Nigeria through an integrated approach
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2017Amount (US$) 300,000
Benefitting country(ies): Nigeria ,
Safeguarding of the Ifa Divination system
1 October 2006 – 1 April 2010Amount (US$) 86,592
Benefitting country(ies): Nigeria ,
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Promotion of the Oral Tradition of Gelede
1 October 2003 – 1 November 2008Amount (US$) 194,925
Benefitting country(ies): Benin , Nigeria , Togo ,