{"id":91374,"date":"2025-12-04T15:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:42:23","slug":"ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue","title":{"rendered":"NCAC Receives Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on Saturday, 29 November 2025, received the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Inventory of The Gambia Catalogue along with accompanying educational materials from the UNESCO Dakar Office. The handover ceremony was held in Toubacouta, Senegal.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Representing the Director General of the NCAC, Deputy Director of Heritage Mamat Sallah expressed The Gambia\u2019s gratitude for what he described as a \u201cgenerous, timely and useful gift\u201d that reflects the productive partnership between UNESCO and The Gambia through the ICH Pilot Inventory project.<\/p>\n<p>He commended UNESCO Dakar Director Mr. Sanga and his team for their guidance, noting that the NCAC successfully executed the project in its entirety. \u201cWe were able to retire the financial report and also submitted the narrative report, thanks to the support of your staff, particularly Ms. Marie, Madam Nyingbola, and Ms. Anna,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the newly delivered catalogues and materials serve as tangible evidence of the collaboration\u2019s success. Unlike many projects that conclude with paperwork alone, he said, this initiative leaves behind resources that will be widely used and preserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, The Gambia has been able to track the resources of its intangible cultural heritage knowledge that gives us pride, supports tourism, and strengthens preservation efforts,\u201d he stated. He added that the catalogues will be accessible in Gambian schools, universities, and colleges, cementing their value for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Mamat Sallah also revealed that preparations are underway to introduce the catalogue\u2019s content into school curricula in partnership with the National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. He noted that he recently joined officials in Janjanbureh to discuss implementation strategies, assuring UNESCO that the educational worksheets \u201cwill be fully implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he highlighted ongoing nationwide inventory work targeting 33 communities in the Central River Region and efforts to nominate a Gambian intangible cultural heritage element for UNESCO\u2019s safeguarding list.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, conveyed appreciation on behalf of the Government of The Gambia, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the NCAC, and Director General Hassoum Ceesay to them while reaffirming The Gambia\u2019s commitment to preserving its cultural heritage through continued collaboration with UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on Saturday, 29 November 2025, received the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Inventory of The Gambia Catalogue along with accompanying educational materials from the UNESCO Dakar Office. The handover ceremony was held in Toubacouta, Senegal. Representing the Director General of the NCAC, Deputy Director of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-to-homepage","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NCAC Receives Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on Saturday, 29 November 2025, received the Intangible Cultural Herit ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCAC Receives Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on Saturday, 29 November 2025, received the Intangible Cultural Herit ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-04T15:22:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-04T15:42:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1764850319.594501.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NCAC Receives Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-04T15:22:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-04T15:42:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue\"},\"wordCount\":377,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1764850319.594501.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ncac-receives-intangible-cultural-heritage-catalogue\",\"name\":\"NCAC Receives Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue - 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