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Project

Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Guatemala

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 200,000
  • Source:
    • Azerbaijan earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/10/2015 - 01/03/2018

Benefitting country(ies): Guatemala

Overview:

The project aims, on the one hand, to encourage a better understanding on the part of beneficiary communities of what intangible cultural heritage (ICH) means and strengthen the capacities of these communities to elaborate inventories. On the other hand, it also aims to strengthen the capacities of municipalities that formulate local policies aimed at safeguarding ICH. In order to achieve›››

Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Central America

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 230,770
  • Source:
    • Spain earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/08/2012 - 01/03/2014
  • Documents:

Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

News and activities:

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

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 226,000
  • Source:
    • Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • 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›››