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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (JIS File Photo)

Minister Green Wants More Monuments In St. Elizabeth For African Ancestors

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says he wants more structures built in Black River, St. Elizabeth, similar to the Zong Monument, to serve as tangible reminders of the African ancestors and the town’s significant place in the...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe, applauds as Steven Bernard of Somerton All-Age and Infant School in St. James shows off his trophy for winning the essay category of the 2019 JIS Heritage Competition.

JIS Heritage Competition Awards Today

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, chairs the meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage on Wednesday (December 15). More than 800 online participants in nearly 140 countries are registered to attend six online sessions chaired from Jamaica with the support of the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris.

Jamaica Will Pursue Inscription Of Other Elements To UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right), receives the Chairperson's gavel from the Director and Representative of the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean Dr. Saadia Sanchez. Minister Grange will chair the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage from December 14-19, 2020.

Minister Grange to Chair UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee Meeting

Creatives Putting Their Best Pitch Forward

Project Director, Secretariat for Commemorative Events and Special Projects at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Lenford Salmon. (JIS File Photo)

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National Committee To Plan Activities For Diamond Jubilee In 2022

A National Committee is being set up for the planning of activities to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence in 2022. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Hon. Olivia Grange, said a Secretariat for Commemorative Events and Special Projects at the Ministry will have responsibility for “the planning, implementation and monitoring of activities” for Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary of...

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Jamaica’s Revivalism Submitted for UNESCO Inscription Consideration – Grange

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has announced that the Ministry has submitted yet another Jamaican cultural form, Revivalism, Religious Practice of Jamaica, to UNESCO for Inscription on its prestigious Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Minister Grange said, “Since the Inscription of Reggae in 2018, I instructed my Technical Committee that going forward,...

Project Director, Secretariat for Commemorative Events and Special Projects, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Lenford Salmon.

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Culture Ministry Launches ‘Jamaica 60’ Logo Competition

Jamaicans at home and abroad will have the opportunity to win US$2,500 in the Jamaica 60th Logo Competition. Deadline for submission of entries is Friday, January 19, 2021 at midnight. The competition is being organised by the Secretariat for Commemorative Events and Special Projects in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, which is responsible for planning the country’s...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. (File Photo)

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Youth Encouraged not to Surrender to Social Pressure

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Alando Terrelonge is urging young people not to surrender to social pressure to become parents early, or to have children by a certain age, to fit in with society’s expectations. Instead, he is encouraging them to empower themselves and to ensure that they wait until they...

Assistant Curator and Head of the Education Department, National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), Kirt Henry.

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National Gallery Hosts Teachers’ Webinar Saturday

A webinar designed to assist teachers to incorporate the resources of the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) in their lesson planning is scheduled to take place on Saturday (November 14), beginning at 1:00 p.m. The live-streamed event, organised by the Education Department of the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) is being held under the theme ‘Supporting Art, Experiences and Learners’....

This figure is identified as Boinayel the Rain Giver, an important god of the Taíno. The tears that stream from his eyes signify the magical tears that created rain. His twin brother, Márohu, was the god of sunny weather. These two weather gods were locked in a constant battle between rain and clear skies. Naturally, the Taíno needed both twins to work in harmony to ensure a good harvest. The original sculpture is in the British Museum).

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Government Moving to Retrieve Taino Artefacts

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is moving to retrieve precolonial indigenous sculptures being housed at the British Museum in the United Kingdom (UK). These are Taino wooden sculptures – the ‘Boinayel figures’ and ‘Birdman’. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said that “as Minister, I am determined to ensure the repatriation of cultural...

Deputy Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Nicole Patrick-Shaw.

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IOJ Stages Virtual Heritage Fest Friday

Several artefacts from various divisions of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) will be on display at a virtual Heritage Fest to take place on Friday, October 30 beginning at 6:00 p.m. The public can view the one-hour event via the IOJ’s YouTube page. Deputy Director of IOJ, Nicole Patrick-Shaw, told JIS News that the virtual event will give people a...