Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in disaster contexts

Benefitting country(ies): Honduras, Philippines

Overview:

In the context of the global capacity-building programme, this activity aims to strengthen capacities for integrating disaster risk reduction into community-based inventories of intangible cultural heritage through pilot activities in Honduras and the Philippines. The project will comprise: Online training workshops on intangible cultural heritage and disaster risk reduction; Pilot-inventorying activities integrating awareness for disaster risk reduction; Awareness-raising activities to ›››

News and activities:

• 2021-06-29 – Joint capacity-building project on ICH and disaster risk reduction kicks off in the Philippines and Honduras

Safeguarding and Transmission of the Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao

Benefitting country(ies): Philippines

Overview:

Well known for their rice terraces and extensive knowledge of rice cultivation, the Ifugao perform the Hudhud chants during the sowing and harvest seasons and at funeral wakes. The chants are transmitted orally and tell about ancestral heroes, customary law, traditional practices and religious beliefs. The project aims to collect, document and record the Hudhud as well as integrate it ›››