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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.
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

By: Chris Patterson, December 16, 2020
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica will pursue the inscription of other elements to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity....
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

By: Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, December 14, 2020

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By: Kingston Creative, December 14, 2020

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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...
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By: E. Hartman Reckord, November 9, 2020
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...
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By: E. Hartman Reckord, October 30, 2020