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<\/p>\nBy William Madouk<\/p>\n
South Sudan has taken a bold step towards preparing a 6-year report on safeguarding and shielding intangible cultural heritage in the Country.<\/p>\n
The revelation came during a consultative review meeting organized by Ministry of Culture, Museums, and National Heritage, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A review meeting was the first-ever periodic report for UNESCO Convention 2003, for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in South Sudan.<\/p>\n
South Sudan ratified the 2003 convention in 2016, and it is yet to submit its report before the end of this year as a prerequisite to the convention.<\/p>\n
Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture, Kuac Wek Wol, said this is the first time the country is considering submitting a periodic report before the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n
“We should be able to prepare a 6-year report on the implementation of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Republic of South Sudan,” Wol said.<\/p>\n
“This is the convention that builds on intangible culture (IC), which means it builds on intangible assets like our skills and knowledge,” he added.<\/p>\n
He clarified that this would include the way South Sudanese tell their stories, folklore dances, skills for making traditional clothes, framing and cultivating skills, and how happiness or sadness is expressed.<\/p>\n
“What is important here is that intangibles are owned and implemented by the community, and communities are part and parcel of the safeguarding and protection act,” he noted.<\/p>\n
“The report is expected to contain the measures that the country has taken to safeguard and protect IC,” he continued.<\/p>\n
Mr. Wol also cited that the report entails “secondarily, the impact that the implementation of safeguarding, promotion, and protection of IC has created for the beneficiary communities, individuals and groups.”<\/p>\n
Intangible cultural heritage is defined as transmitted from generation to generation and constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, interaction with nature, and history.<\/p>\n
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And also provide them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity, according to the experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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