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Equipment
By Agozie Ebere
Abuja, Oct.6, 2016 (NAN) UNESCO’s Culture Specialist, Mrs Adele Nibona, on Thursday in Abuja handed over some equipment for the inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) to the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.
The event which took place at UNESCO’s Regional office, Abuja was for the inventory of the intangible Cultural Heritage in three Nigerian communities namely Calabar, Oyo and Bida.
The equipment includes three laptops, three external hard drives, three USB flash drives, three digital cameras, three video cameras, one desk jet printer and one LCD projector.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that UNESCO was partnering with the ministry to preserve and promote Nigeria’s ICH as an important factor in maintaining cultural diversity in the face of growing globalisation
Nibona said that the exercise was to support the effective implementation of the 2003 convention for the safeguarding of ICH in Nigeria.
“The equipment was for pilot exercise of the commencement of the training on the principles and methodologies of community based inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
“The pilot training exercise will hold in Calabar from October 10 to October 14.
She added that UNESCO was also strengthening policy and legal frameworks for safeguarding and community based inventory of ICH.
Mr Emmanuel Odekanyin, the Senior Cultural Officer of the ministry commended UNESCO for the kind gesture.
Odekanyin said that it was important to preserve and promote the values of national cultural heritage.
“An understanding of the intangible cultural heritage of different communities helps with intercultural dialogue, and encourages mutual respect for other ways of life.
“They are the link between our past, present and future and this is why we must safeguard them and pass them on to future generations.
“They are the basis on which to build mutual respect among different communities, and they promote social and economic development,’’ he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Ese E. Ekama