Zimbabwe intensifies efforts to preserve intangible cultural heritage


  • World
  • Friday, 20 Dec 2024

HARARE, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government, in collaboration with traditional leadership and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is striving to preserve, recognize and celebrate the country's intangible cultural heritage (ICH).

Speaking at the launch ceremony of the Project for the Awareness Raising of the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage to Traditional Leadership and Local Communities of Zimbabwe held in the capital of Harare on Thursday, Zimbabwean Deputy Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Emily Jesaya said the preservation of ICH is a collective responsibility, urging all Zimbabweans to join hands in safeguarding traditions, customs and practices.

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