Tentative List Before submitting a dossier to nominate a site as world heritage site, states are encouraged to submit their Tentative Lists. A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party considers to be cultural and/or natural heritage of outstanding universal value and therefore suitable for
The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) aimed at promoting the country’s economic development through culture and heritage. Through the MOU, UNESCO and the Bingu School of Culture and Heritage which is running
Tchopa Tchopa, the sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people was in 2014 inscribed on to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Gule Wamkulu Gule Wamkulu, the Great dance of the Chewa people was in 2008 inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural
Documentation of Folktales Project This project was concerned mainly with collecting folk-tales throughout Malawi for education purposes contributing to the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage of Malawi in the national context of implementing the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Effort was made to avoid
To celebrate and popularize freedom of the press UNESCO also supports the celebration of World Radio Day which falls on 14 February each year. The 2017 World Radio Day was commemorated underthe theme: Radio is You. Radio continues to be a preferred mass media platform for engaging with audiences. The
