The Flower Festivals of Saint Lucia (The 'La Rose' and 'La Marguerite' Festivals)

Benefitting country(ies): Saint Lucia

Overview:

Implemented by the Saint Lucia National Commission for UNESCO, this preparatory assistance request concerns the nomination of The Flower Festivals of Saint Lucia to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Celebrated annually on 30 August and 17 October, the Flower Festivals date back more than 250 years and have become a symbol of community resilience, particularly in the face ›››

Strengthening capacities for preparing nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention in Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean

Benefitting country(ies): Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Overview:

In the context of the 2003 Convention’s global capacity-building programme, this project aims at building capacities of Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean on the preparation of nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention, with a view to improve the effective safeguarding of living heritage across the region and contribute to greater geographical balance of the elements i ›››

News and activities:

• 2025-06-12 – Experience-exchange meeting on preparing nominations under the 2003 Convention in Caribbean Small Island and Developing States (SIDS)
• 2023-10-05 – Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean strengthen their capacities for the preparation of nomination files

Revitalisation of Traditional Masquerade Performing Arts and Costume Making

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 ›››