Project

Safeguarding Saint Kitts and Nevis Intangible Cultural Heritage: developing a National Intangible Cultural Heritage Policy

Financial assistance:
- US$ 91,252 granted in 2022
Dates of implementation:
- 23/12/2022 - 31/12/2024
Documents:
- Request form ICH-04: English|French
- Budget and timetable: English|French

Benefitting country(ies): Saint Kitts and Nevis

Overview:

This is a two-year project based on a series of consultations with traditional and knowledge bearers and communities, groups and individuals about opportunities and challenges in the practice of their living heritage. The primary objective is the development of a National Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Policy, which was recognized in the consultations as fundamental to safeguarding living heritage and fostering ›››

Strengthening inventory preparation capacity for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Financial assistance:
- US$ 99,443 granted in 2018
Dates of implementation:
- 07/05/2019 - 01/04/2021
Documents:
- Request form ICH-04: English|French
- Budget and timetable: English|French
- Progress report: English
- Final report: English

Benefitting country(ies): Saint Kitts and Nevis

Overview:

The proposed twenty-four-month project, was jointly implemented by the Saint Kitts Department of Culture and the UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean. The project aimed at strengthening national inventorying capacities with a view to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Due to the combined situation of knowledge bearers growing old and, in some cases, passing away ›››

Revitalisation of Traditional Masquerade Performing Arts and Costume Making

Project budget:
- US$ 251,799
Source:
- Italy Funds-in-Trust
Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2002 - 01/08/2004

Benefitting country(ies): Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia

Overview:

Masquerade performing arts and costume-making traditions in the Caribbean derive from traditions of enslaved persons brought to the region during the three hundred year Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. These performing arts, that are rich in symbolism and social values, encompass various significant narrative and creative traditions, and play a vital role in maintaining the cultural identity within a community. However, they ›››

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