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Project

Safeguarding of Nkhonde, Tumbuka and Chewa proverbs and folktales

  • Financial assistance: $ 90,533.00
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 30/11/2015 - 04/12/2015

  • Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French

Benefitting country(ies): Malawi

Overview:

The proverbs and folktales of the Nkhonde, Tumbuka and Chewa people of Karonga, Rumphi and Lilongwe Districts embody the knowledge, wisdom and culture in Malawi and function as vehicles for their cultural values. However, transmission of this heritage is gradually weakening. Few members of these communities now transmit proverbs and folktales to their children and transcriptions of this oral heritage›››

Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • Project budget: $ 250,000.00
  • Source:
    • Flanders Funds-in-Trust (513RAF4005)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/12/2013 - 01/03/2015

Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Overview:

The beneficiaries of the project are the national authorities responsible for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and selected communities in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Firstly, the project aims to initiate a sub-regional cooperation platform to support these countries in their efforts to safeguard the living heritage present in their territories. Such objective will be done›››

News and activities:

Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

  • Project budget: $ 399,785.00
  • Source:
    • Flanders Funds-in-Trust (513RAF4003)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/02/2011 - 01/04/2013

Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

News and activities:

Development of an inventory of intangible heritage of Malawi

  • Financial assistance: $ 24,947.23
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 10/09/2012 - 30/03/2013

  • Request form ICH-04: English|French

Benefitting country(ies): Malawi

Overview:

Eight communities in the Northern Region of Malawi participated in the inventorying of their intangible cultural heritage with a view to safeguarding. After having received training on documentation and inventory making, twelve young members from the Bandya, Lambya, Mambwe, Namwanga, Ndali, Nyakyusa, Nyiha and Sulwa/Chewa communities conducted fieldwork to identify and collect information on 26 living practices and expressions that›››

News and activities:

A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Project budget: $ 275,000.00
  • Source:
    • Flanders Funds-in-Trust (513RAF4002)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/09/2009 - 01/12/2011

Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Swaziland, Zambia

Overview:

The project was implemented by conducting a series of pilot ICH inventory-making activities, on a grassroots level, in six beneficiary Sub-Saharan African countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Swaziland and Zambia. It was composed of four phases: #Phase I dealt with the selection of six pilot communities (one in each country) in a demand-driven manner; #Phase II was the initial›››

Safeguarding of the Gulu Wamkulu, the Great Dance of the Chewa People

  • Project budget: $ 129,374.00
  • Source:
    • Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAF4002)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/11/2006 - 01/12/2009

Benefitting country(ies): Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia

Overview:

Performed by the Chewa people of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, the Gule Wamkulu is a dance that accompanies initiation ceremonies, weddings, funerals and the installation of chiefs. Male dancers wear full costumes and masks made of wood and straw, expressing a great variety of spiritual and secular characters. This multinational project, coordinated by the Malawian National Commission for UNESCO, includes›››

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Vimbuza Healing Dance

  • Project budget: $ 90,834.00
  • Source:
    • Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MLW4000)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/11/2006 - 01/12/2009

Benefitting country(ies): Malawi

Overview:

Popular among the Tumbuka people, the Vimbuza is practised by renowned traditional healers in a special ritual. Patients slowly enter trance, while the audience performs songs to call helping spirits. Vimbuza is a useful complement to other forms of medical treatment. The safeguarding project seeks to: * encourage the transmission of skills and knowledge to younger generations, and * raise awareness about›››