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The Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund supports various safeguarding measures in Africa!
19 October 2015 Kenya, Sudan, Togo,International Assistance has been granted from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund to three countries on 6 October 2015. Sudan will receive US$174,480 from the Fund to ›››
Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
12 February 2015 Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Senegal,Senegal is about to conclude an eighteen-month project to safeguard traditional music accompanying various events of social life (rituals and celebrations related to birth ›››
Three new elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List
25 November 2014 Belgium, Kenya, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),The ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today inscribed three new elements on the List of ›››
Project
Documenting and inventorying intangible cultural heritage of the pastoralist Samburu community in northern Kenya: a focus on the region of Mount Kulal biosphere reserve
6 October 2015 – 6 October 2015Amount (US$) 24,038.00
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya ,
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda
1 July 2011 – 19 December 2014Amount (US$) 126,580.00
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya ,
Safeguarding traditional foodways of two communities in Kenya
1 September 2009 – 1 March 2013Amount (US$) 68,930.00
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya ,
Safeguarding traditional Somali performing arts
1 April 2008 – 1 March 2009Amount (US$) 40,000.00
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya , Somalia ,