Increasing involvement of communities in inventorying intangible cultural heritage in Latin America
- Fieldwork with Maya-Pocomam craftswomen of Chinautla, Guatemala
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Trainees were faced with field experiences in which they had the opportunity to put into practice the essential knowledge and skills acquired in the workshops that launched these trainings and to soak up the spirit of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that advocates a central role for communities in any safeguarding action.
Guatemala and the Dominican Republic join El Salvador and Cuba that already received similar trainings in the context of regional capacity-building projects in the Caribbean and Central America. The Guatemala project received the valuable support of the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala and was made possible by a generous contribution of Spain to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. The Vice-Ministry of Cultural Heritage of the Dominican Republic organized the activities in that country, made possible thanks to a generous contribution of Norway to the Fund.
- Meetings:
- 25-02-2014/04-03-2014, Guatemala (Guatemala): Workshop on community-based inventorying in Guatemala
- 31-03-2014, Baní (Dominican Republic): Workshop on community-based inventorying in Dominican Republic
- Countries: Dominican Republic – Guatemala
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