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Project

Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Ecuador

Project budget:
- US$ 250,000
Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust
Dates of implementation:
- 01/02/2015 - 01/06/2017
Documents:
- Final report: Spanish
- Video - Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat: Spanish
- Video - Capacity-building workshops: Spanish

Benefitting country(ies): Ecuador

Overview:

Ecuador ratified the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Culture Heritage in 2008. Despite important efforts mobilized by the State Party for the effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and an institutional environment conducive to the integration of culture in public policies, as in most countries, the viability of intangible cultural heritage present in Ecuador also faces serious threats of social›››

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Bi-national Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of the Zápara Community

Project budget:
- US$ 203,956
Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust
Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2005 - 01/09/2007

Benefitting country(ies): Ecuador, Peru

Overview:

The Zápara communities in the Amazon have developed a complex oral culture expressed through their myths, rituals, artistic and medical practices. Their traditions are deeply marked by their environment and reflect a profound knowledge of the Amazonian jungle. The project aimed at facilitaing the revival of the Zápara language and to encourage binational encounters in the hope of strengthening the›››

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