UNESCO promotes Barkcloth training
Apr 01, 2007
THE Uganda National Commission for United Nations Education Scientific Culture Organisation (UNESCO) and the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development organised a one-day workshop focusing on the project for revitalisation of barkcloth in Uganda.
By John Kasozi
THE Uganda National Commission for United Nations Education Scientific Culture Organisation (UNESCO) and the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development organised a one-day workshop focusing on the project for revitalisation of barkcloth in Uganda.
In 2005, UNESCO selected barkcloth making as one of the pieces proclaimed as a masterpiece of oral and intangible heritage of humanity.
The workshop at Hotel Africana in Kampala was under the theme The contribution of barkcloth to the economic development of Uganda. The participants comprised barkcloth producers, traditional handcraft makers and sellers, cultural leaders and the government officials concerned with culture and heritage.
Augustine Omare-Okurut, the UNESCO secretary general, said the 30-month barkcloth revitalisation project began in October 2006 and will end in April 2009.
“The project is intended to revive barkcloth making in Uganda for the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage.
“The young people and the communities need to be educated on the importance of barkcloth as well as its potential as economic contribution to poverty eradication in Uganda,†Omare-Okurut said.
The project is estimated to cost $91.417.
THE Uganda National Commission for United Nations Education Scientific Culture Organisation (UNESCO) and the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development organised a one-day workshop focusing on the project for revitalisation of barkcloth in Uganda.
In 2005, UNESCO selected barkcloth making as one of the pieces proclaimed as a masterpiece of oral and intangible heritage of humanity.
The workshop at Hotel Africana in Kampala was under the theme The contribution of barkcloth to the economic development of Uganda. The participants comprised barkcloth producers, traditional handcraft makers and sellers, cultural leaders and the government officials concerned with culture and heritage.
Augustine Omare-Okurut, the UNESCO secretary general, said the 30-month barkcloth revitalisation project began in October 2006 and will end in April 2009.
“The project is intended to revive barkcloth making in Uganda for the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage.
“The young people and the communities need to be educated on the importance of barkcloth as well as its potential as economic contribution to poverty eradication in Uganda,†Omare-Okurut said.
The project is estimated to cost $91.417.