Project

Safeguarding the oral traditions and expressions of the Dzao people of Lao Cai and Lai Chau Provinces of Viet Nam

Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam

The Dzao in Lao Cai and Lai Chau Provinces live mainly near the northern border with China. With only one or two villagers in each village who can still sing folk songs and speak the traditional language, the oral traditions and expressions of the Dzao people are severely endangered. Folk songs, tales, lullabies, proverbs and riddles are also disappearing due

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 24,350 granted in 2014
  • Dates of implementation:
    08/07/2015 - 30/06/2016

Safeguarding and promotion of indigenous knowledge associated with the ecological environment of the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai Province, Viet Nam

Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam

The Black Ha Nhi people have developed and passed on place-based knowledge and a body of customary laws to cope with living conditions and survival experiences as well as to protect their natural environment. Ecological indigenous knowledge of the Black Ha Nhi includes behavioural practices in taking care of trees, preventing fire and soil erosion and protecting the topographical setting

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 24,631 granted in 2013
  • Dates of implementation:
    15/11/2013 - 15/09/2015

Capacity building in designing, implementing and evaluating intangible cultural heritage projects in Viet Nam

Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam

The project aimed to develop a toolkit that could help cultural managers and practitioners in local communities improve their abilities to design, implement and evaluate safeguarding projects, thereby facilitating the implementation of the 2003 Convention and the 2009 amended Viet Nam Law on Cultural Heritage. The toolkit includes the guiding principles of safeguarding and promotion activities, as well as a set of

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 25,000 granted in 2012
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/10/2012 - 30/11/2013

Safeguarding the Space of Gong Culture in Dak Nong Province

Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam

Throughout the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, Gong ensembles are part of various ceremonies and closely linked to the communities’ daily life and the cycle of the seasons. The instruments, measuring 25 to 80 centimetres, are played by men as well as women. The main goal of this project is to safeguard the space of gong culture in one province of the C

  • Project budget:
    US$ 91,869
  • Source:
    Norway Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/06/2007 - 01/07/2009

Safeguarding of Nha nhac, Vietnamese Court Music

Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam

An essential part of royal ceremonies, court music was a means of communicating with and paying tribute to the gods and kings as well as transmitting knowledge about nature and the universe. This musical tradition has been kept alive by the few surviving former court musicians. The project includes documentation as well as a systematic inventory of all practitioners of

  • Project budget:
    US$ 154,900
  • Source:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/01/2005 - 01/03/2009
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