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| The Oruro Carnival |
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| Motion submitted by Bolivia, The Oruro Carnival is held every year during 10 days, just before Lent in the Bolivian Andes. |
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| The Oral Heritage and Cultural Manifestations of the Zápara People |
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| Motion submitted by Ecuador and Peru. The Pueblo Zápara, which was one of the largest peoples in the Amazon jungle, today consists barely of 300 persons, of which a third live in Ecuador and the rest in Peru. |
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| The Garifuna Language, Dance and Music |
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| A proposal submitted by Belize, with the support of Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, countries that share the presence of the Garifuna people. |
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| The Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella |
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| The proposal, submitted by the Dominican Republic, constitutes one of the most transcendental cultural expressions of the country, because of the deep historic, geographic and cultural roots of such traditional and popular culture. |
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| The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya |
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| The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya, Bolivia, is a group of beliefs, myths, rituals, values and artistic expressions that, thanks to its coherence, offer an original vision of the world. |
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| The Oral and Graphic Expressions of the Wajapi |
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| The Wajapi community, integrated by some 580 individuals who live in North East Brazil, has developed a language composed by graphic and verbal signs, and has a long history in the use of vegetable dyes to adorn their bodies. |
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| The Carnival of Barranquilla |
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| The city of Barranquilla, Colombia, celebrates every year a carnival during the four days preceding the Christian Lent, with a variety of unique choreographic, music, lyric and theatre shows. |
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| La Tumba Francesa, Music of the Oriente Brotherhood |
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| The cultural manifestation known as Tumba Francesa (French Drum), which integrates dance, songs and drums, is one of the oldest and at the same time strongest ties between the African–Haitian heritage and the Cuban region of Oriente, where this manifestat |
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| The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town |
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| Located in the lush Blue Mountains, East Jamaica, Moore Town is the home-place for the few survivors still living in the communities of former runaway slaves known as Maroons. |
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| The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead |
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| Exactly as the indigenous communities from Mexico practiced it, the Day of the Dead, celebrated, during the last days of October and the first days of November the temporary return of the dead to the face of the Earth. |
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| La Samba de Roda du Recôncavo de Bahia |
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| It is a festive event combining music, choreography and poetry which appeared in the state of Bahia, in the region of Recôncavo, during the XVIIth century, and originated from the dances and cultural traditions of the African slaves who lived there. |
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| The Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio |
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| Palenque de San Basilio, Colombia, is the only survivor until the present day and has developed into a unique cultural space which encompasses specific social, medical and religious practices as well as musical and oral traditions |
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| Oxherding and Oxcart Tradition in Costa Rica |
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| The traditional oxcart, or carreta, Costa Rica’s most famous type of craft, was used to transport coffee beans from the mid-nineteenth century. The tradition of painting and decorating them started in the early twentieth century |
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| Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition |
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| It is a tradition developed in Dominican Republic among Caribbean English-speaking migrant workers. Cocolo culture combines traditions from Africa and Britain and thus bears testimony to the Dominican Republic’s history |
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| Rabinal Achi, Danse Drama |
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| It is a danced drama from the XVth century and a rare example of pre-Hispanic traditions. It comprises myths of origin and popular and political subjects concerning the inhabitants of Rabinal, Guatemala, expressed through masked dance, theatre and music |
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| El Güegüense |
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| It is a synthesis of Spanish and indigenous cultures combining theatre, dance and music, performed each year from 17 to 27 January during the feast of San Sebastián, patron saint of the city of Diriamba in Nicaragua’s Carazo province |
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| Taquile and its Textile Art |
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| The candidature concerns the cultural space of Taquile -a peruvian island located in the Titicaca Lake- and its textile art, which is produced as an everyday activity by both men and women, regardless of their age, and worn by all community members. |
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