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Project

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago through strengthening their capacities for implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • Project budget: $ 300,000.00
  • Source:
    • Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RLA4003)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/06/2012 - 01/11/2015

Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Overview:

This project aims at assisting Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage through the effective implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. To that end, an integrated strategy will be implemented, including a series of well-prepared workshops and activities, tailored to respond to the identified needs of each country. Components›››

News and activities:

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Garifuna Language, Music and Dance

  • Project budget: $ 226,000.00
  • Source:
    • Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RLA4001)
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/04/2006 - 01/06/2009

Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

Overview:

The Garifuna communities, spread over Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, have kept alive their common language, oral traditions, music and dances. Although still practiced on various occasions, these are changing considerably as the Garifuna language is less often spoken. The safeguarding project focuses mainly in the preservation of the Garifuna language through language revitalization, lexical expansion programs and the promotion›››