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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 ›››
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UNESCO supports Burkina Faso for the safeguarding of its intangible heritage
13 May 2013 Burkina Faso,Burkina Faso is launching a national project to inventory and promote its intangible cultural heritage, thanks to financial assistance of US$260,000 from the Intangible ›››
Project
Inventory and promotion of intangible cultural heritage in Burkina Faso
29 April 2013 – 1 July 2016Amount (US$) 262,080
Benefitting country(ies): Burkina Faso ,