Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Guatemala

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›››

News and activities:

• 2017-09-25 – Workshop on participatory inventory methodology in eastern Guatemala
• 2017-09-25 – Guatemala continues to strengthen its capacity to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of its indigenous communities

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

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

News and activities:

• 2014-04-07 – Increasing involvement of communities in inventorying intangible cultural heritage in Latin America
• 2014-02-25 – Community-based inventorying to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage in western Guatemala

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

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›››