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Ratification of the Convention on
26 January 2010Read the Convention in: [name_language]
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Listing of ICH
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga (2008, RL)
1 elements inscribed
Project
Capacity building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean
1 April 2022 – 1 April 2025Amount (US$) 500,000
Community-based inventorying and transmission of intangible cultural heritage in the island of Tongatapu in Tonga
22 March 2019 – 11 November 2022Amount (US$) 85,913
Safeguarding of Lakalaka, Sung Speeches with Choreographed Movements
1 January 2005 – 1 December 2008Amount (US$) 120,338