UNESCO: Article 18 of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2009 URL: www.unesco.org Description: 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). The activities, planned for implementation over the course of a five-year project, are: (i) identifying and inventorying the traditional knowledge and oral traditions of Aymara communities in the selected areas, (ii) strengthening language as a vehicle for transmission of the intangible cultural heritage through formal and non-formal education, (iii) promoting and disseminating Aymara oral and musical expressions and (iv) reinforcing traditional knowledge related to the production of textile arts and traditional agricultural techniques. These four lines of action of the planned project have been established as priorities by the Aymara communities in the different phases of consultation and preparation of the project and they will be implemented with the full involvement of the communities, guided by the 2003 Conventions principles. The project intends to adopt as its working strategy the creation of a subregional and international network comprising individuals, communities, groups, cultural managers, specialists, indigenous ...
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A Latin American duo perform a folk song at the Heritage Festival in Edmonton Alberta in August of 2007.
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Agricultural biodiversity in Bolivia: the heritage for food security
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Alpaca wool and textiles made from them have been considered precious objects in the Andes since the Incas. Learn more about this 5000-year-old tradition, as Artistri/Artistri Sud travels to Bolivia in 2010 to learn more about alpaca textile traditions.
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Missa Octavio Tono.
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CONCERT OF AMA IN FAIRFAX VA ,
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Alma Boliviana a Folkloric dance group representing Bolivian heritage through the dance of Caporales, participated in the 85th Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on Nov. 24, 2011.
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United Nations, February 2009 - A growing number of environmentally conscious travellers worldwide have been seeking out destinations with rich fauna, flora and cultural heritage. A new programme established by IFAD is helping indigenous peoples in Bolivia preserve their culture while bringing much needed developmental income to the local communities.
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CONCERT OF AMA IN FAIRFAX VA,
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raices de bolivia
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It is the most wonderful cultural event in Bolivia, South America and the whole Continent. It was declared Mankind's Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This production has been realized only for cultural purposes and of promotion. Note: Note.- This video is protected by ©copyright 2010 Any copy or reloading is a violation the rights of Youtube policy. Except to link to other websites. It is allowed a consultation to get the images from this video for educational and cultural purposes. This video can be linked or available to others websites.
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A short film on the struggle of the Bolivian people for legal coca
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Jacob delivers his 2nd grade heritage report on Bolivia, including the flag, country facts, traditions and an interview with his dad.
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It is the most wonderful cultural event in Bolivia, South America and the whole Continent. It was declared Mankind's Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This production has been realized only for cultural purposes and of promotion. Note: This DEMO can be linked or available only for cultural intentions to others websites. Note.- This video is protected by ©copyright 2010 Any copy or reloading is a violation the rights of Youtube policy. Except to link to other websites. It is allowed a consultation to get the images from this video for educational and cultural purposes.
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Un tour por Bolivia. An enormous diversity of ecological zones are represented within Bolivia's territory. The western highlands of the country are situated in the Andes mountains and include the Bolivian Altiplano. The eastern lowlands include large sections of Amazonian rainforests and Chaco. The highest peak is Nevado Sajama at 6542 metres (21463 ft) located in the department of Oruro. Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru. The Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, lies in the southwest corner of the country, in the department of Potosí. Major cities are La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Cochabamba. Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25% Aymara-speaking Amerindians. The largest of the approximately three-dozen native groups are the Quechuas (2.5 million), Aymaras (2 million), then Chiquitano (180000), and Guaraní (125000). So the full Amerindian population is at 55% and the remaining 30% is Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) and around 15% are Whites. Bolivian culture has been heavily influenced by the Quechua, the Aymara, as well as by the popular cultures of Latin America as a whole. The best known of the various festivals found in the country is the "Carnaval de Oruro", which was among the first 19 "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity," as proclaimed by the UNESCO in May of 2001. Entertainment includes football (soccer), which is the national sport, as ...
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A heartbroken father is faced with the painful choice between ruining his kindhearted employer and passing something of his heritage along to his estranged daughters ----- TEN YEARS AGO Faced with hospital bills incurred by desperate attempts to save his dying wife, Antonio sold priceless family heirlooms to the antique dealer he works for. These finely-woven wedding mantas had been handed down by the women of his Bolivian family for 300 years. Ashamed of his inability to save his wife or support his daughters, and rejected by his deceased wife's family, Antonio became estranged from his daughters Erica, Anna, and Nina. ONE YEAR AGO Hearing about Nina's upcoming wedding, and knowing that the ancient mantas had not yet been resold by his employer, Antonio snuck the heirlooms out of the warehouse and, unable to face his daughters in person, left them with his late wife's sister Nancy, with whom his daughters had lived. NOW His employer has finally sold the mantas for a very high price, only to discover them missing -- and a heartbroken Antonio is faced with the painful choice between harming his kindhearted employer and passing something of his heritage on to his daughters. -------- Heirlooms tells the story of a key moment in the life of a man tortured not just by the everyday cruelties of the world, but by the self-knowledge of his own inability to deal with them. While the tragedy of his wife's death was inflicted on him and his family from the outside, Antonio's ...
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Un tour por Bolivia. Bolivia is divided into nine departments (departamentos); capitals in parentheses: Beni (Trinidad) Chuquisaca (Sucre) Cochabamba (Cochabamba) La Paz (La Paz) Oruro (Oruro) Pando (Cobija) Potosí (Potosí) Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) Tarija (Tarija) Geography of Bolivia At 1098580 km² (424135 mi²), Bolivia is the world's 28th-largest country (after Ethiopia). It is comparable in size to Mauritania, and it has about 1.5 times the area of the US state of Texas. [10] Bolivia has been a landlocked nation since 1879, when it lost its coastal department of Litoral to Chile in the War of the Pacific. However, it does have access to the Atlantic via the Paraguay river. An enormous diversity of ecological zones are represented within Bolivia's territory. The western highlands of the country are situated in the Andes mountains and include the Bolivian Altiplano. The eastern lowlands include large sections of Amazonian rainforests and Chaco. The highest peak is Nevado Sajama at 6542 metres (21463 ft) located in the department of Oruro. Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru. The Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, lies in the southwest corner of the country, in the department of Potosí. Major cities are La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Cochabamba. Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25% Aymara-speaking Amerindians. The largest of the approximately three-dozen native ...
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www.thepoliticsandthepeople.com In trying to reconcile ancient heritage and international regulations, Bolivian cocaleros (coca growers), with the guidance of President Evo Morales, are taking novel approaches to coca growing and distribution. The Politics And The People The State of Coca and Cocaine, a documentary by Michael Wilde and Valerie Schenkman, is divided into four parts: an overview of the past history of coca regulation told from a cocalero's perspective; rationalization, or self-regulated of coca farming; alternative development, international participation in introducing crops to substitute coca growers' income; and industrialization, the Bolivian government's attempt to introduce coca to an international market. Issues regarding human rights and self-regulation pervade The Politics and the People's look at drug control and tradition within an impoverished society.
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Concierto en Heritage Forum en Anaheim, California, Sept 4, 2010
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Performance celebrating the Hispanic Heritage . The musicians play over two dozen musical instruments. Among the wind instruments, they play a variety of pan-pipes known to the natives as "sikus", "antaras" or "zamponas". They also play end-notched vertical flutes called kenas, transverse flutes, whistles and ocarinas as well as an array of percussion instruments. All these instruments have their roots in pre-Hispanic civilization. INKHAY's music, primarily, represents elements of South American indigenous culture when they perform wind and percussion music. They also include European musical elements when they play stringed instruments like the guitar, mandolin and the well known "charango" (a guitar like instrument fashioned of an armadillo shell). Over the past three centuries, harp music, together with other stringed instruments have become an integral part of the " mestizo" traditional music of the Andes. The task of group INKHAY is to interpret the different styles of playing Andean music maintaining the styles of the native communities. Members of the group in 1993: Pepe Santana, Rothman Teran, Oscar Brito, Mario Rodriguez, Paco Moreno
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