Polyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song

Overview

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, death, historical events and pastoral life. In the aftermath of WWII and the ensuing Greek Civil War, the element gradually became sporadic after the inhabitants of Epirus started migrating to large urban centers in Greece and abroad. Eventually, very few experienced performers remained in the villages. In the mid-1990s, a group of young people, internal migrants from Epirus, formed the first polyphonic group, ‘Chaonia’, in Athens. Realizing the threats the element was facing and the need to cultivate fertile ground for it in the new urban environment, they...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Greece
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Greece
Countries: Greece

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Food, Agriculture and Seasonal Practice Land, Sea, Sky and Ecology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

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title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
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Original Source Metadata

uuid98fc4d2d-3008-4b8d-a687-b52c9942e1ab

ich_public_ref1611

inscription_year2020

title_enPolyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song

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

type_of_element_enRegister of Good Safeguarding Practices

type_acronymArt18

countriesGR

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/Art18/01611

concepts_primary_namesArchives, Cultural organizations, Cultural property preservation, Festivals, Polyphonic singing

concepts_secondary_namesAudiovisual materials, Community participation, Documentation, Field work, Interdisciplinary approach, Interviews, Inventories, Nonformal education, Nongovernmental organizations, Performers, Periodicals, Recordings, Regional cooperation, Safeguarding practices, Workshops (teaching method)

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/13558-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enPolyphonic Caravan disperses its events in natural places setting outdoor folk festivals, giving life to the villages in its passage. It parallelly encourages the older interpreters to sing again. Ktismata ensemble singing during Caravan’s event in Xirovaltos village, Epirus, Greece

main_image_copyrightAlexandros Lampridis, 2002

main_image_authorNot supplied

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Archives Cultural organizations Cultural property preservation Festivals Polyphonic singing Audiovisual materials Community participation Documentation Field work Interdisciplinary approach Interviews Inventories Nonformal education Register of Good Safeguarding Practices World Heritage connection: Acropolis, Athens

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