Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan ambassador to Cuba, Maria Cândida Teixeira, called on African governments to create policies aimed at preserving the continent’s intangible cultural heritage and elevating it to world heritage due to the value and wealth they offer.
“The involvement of all countries in this perspective will be the driving force so that, on the one hand, more and more conditions are created for in-depth research into the topics we have listed, the results of which will end in the exaltation, valorization and sharing of knowledge that will enrich development and progress of our societies”, he highlighted.
The Angolan ambassador was speaking, on Saturday, to a panel of African ambassadors accredited in Cuba during the twenty-second international conference on African and African-American culture taking place in the city of Santiago de Cuba, southwest of this country.
Referring to Angola, the diplomat pointed out the steps that the Executive has taken to elevate, for example, the musical genre Semba to intangible heritage of humanity, similar to sona, a symbol of Tchokwé culture.
After including the Congolese rumba on the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity with an African origin, UNESCO also approved Thiébou Dieune, a Senegalese national dish, Moutya, a dance of enslaved Africans who were taken to the Seychelles Islands, as well as Tbourida , Moroccan equestrian art, based on a warrior tradition.
The annual event aims to promote and disseminate the values of African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American culture. This year, the edition is dedicated to the intangible heritage of these regions.
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