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Senegal improves the safeguarding of traditional music thanks to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
16 March 2015 Senegal,The adoption of safeguarding plans for traditional music marks the project’s success where local communities have been sensitized, musical traditions inventoried, a database and ›››
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 ›››
Eleven new inscriptions on the Representative List
5 December 2013 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, holding its 8th session until 7 December, today inscribed 11 elements on the Representative List of the ›››
Project
Inventory of traditional musics in Senegal
12 August 2013 – 3 December 2014Amount (US$) 80,789
Benefitting country(ies): Senegal ,
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite
1 November 2006 – 1 April 2009Amount (US$) 146,962
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia , Senegal ,