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Register of Good Safeguarding Practices1 sources

Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage

L’appel à projets du Programme national du patrimoine immatériel

Each year, a national call for projects from the Programa Nacional de Patrimônio Imaterial encourages and supports safeguarding initiatives and practices proposed by the Brazilian society for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. The projects must involve the participation of the community and groups concerned, promote...

Latin America and CaribbeanBrazilNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Register of Good Safeguarding Practices1 sources

Fandango's Living Museum

Le musée vivant du Fandango

Fandango is a popular music and dance expression in coastal communities in southern and south-eastern Brazil. Fandango songs are called ''modas'' and are played with handmade instruments – viola, fiddle and frame drum. Traditionally, fandangos were offered as payment for collective activities, such as planting, harvesting and fishing....

Latin America and CaribbeanBrazilNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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UNESCO urgent safeguarding list1 sources

Mongolian calligraphy

La calligraphie mongole

Mongolian calligraphy is the technique of handwriting in the Classical Mongolian script, which comprises ninety letters connected vertically by continuous strokes to create words. The letters are formed from six main strokes, known as head, tooth, stem, stomach, bow and tail, respectively. This meticulous writing is used for official...

East AsiaMongoliaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Polyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song

La Caravane polyphonique, recherches, sauvegarde et promotion du chant polyphonique de l’Épire

The Polyphonic Caravan is a longstanding project aimed at researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song. Performed for centuries, the Epirus polyphonic song is performed by a group of singers with two to four distinctive roles among them, and touches on almost every aspect of life, such as childhood, marriage,...

EuropeGreeceNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Register of Good Safeguarding Practices1 sources

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru

La sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel des communautés Aymara de la Bolivie, du Chili et du Pérou

The proposed sub-regional project aims at developing safeguarding measures to ensure the viability of the oral expressions, music and traditional knowledge (textile art and agricultural technologies) of the Aymara communities of Bolivia (La Paz-Oruro-Potosí), Chile (Tarapacá-Arica-Parinacota-Antofagasta) and Peru (Tacna-Puno-Moquegua)....

Latin America and CaribbeanBolivia, Plurinational State of / ChileNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Register of Good Safeguarding Practices1 sources

Strategy for safeguarding traditional crafts: The Bearers of Folk Craft Tradition programme

Stratégie pour la sauvegarde de l'artisanat traditionnel : Le Programme des détenteurs de la tradition des arts populaires

In 1997, the National Institute of Folk Culture (NIFC) began to implement the project ‘Folk Trades and Handicrafts in the Czech Republic’. The project focused on the film documentation of traditional crafts. The fieldwork to identify producers revealed that most workshops were struggling financially and had difficulty selling and...

EuropeCzechiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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