Report on the status of an element inscribed on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding
A. Cover sheet
A.1.
State Party
Name of State Party
Guatemala
A.2.
Date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
This information is available online.
Date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
2006-10-25
A.3.
Element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List that is the subject of this report
Name of element
Nan Pa’ch ceremony
Inscribed in
2013
A.4.
Reporting period covered by this report
Please indicate the period covered by this report.
Reporting period covered by this report
2014 - 2017
A.5.
Other elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List, if any
Please list all other elements from your country inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List, together with the year of inscription; for multinational elements, please indicate the other States concerned.
A.6.
Executive summary of the report
Please provide an executive summary of the report that will allow general readers to understand the current status of the element, any positive or negative impacts of inscription, the implementation of safeguarding measures during the reporting period and their possible update for the following years.
Executive summary of the report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Pa'ch ceremony is a millenary tradition of the Mayan people, its purpose is to thank the mother earth (nature) and the sacred corn because with this the life of the people is maintained.
The main objective of safeguarding the demonstration is to preserve the cultural principles of coexistence of the human being with nature, which makes the life of people and their environment sustainable. This essence of cultural manifestation is easily blurred in the daily life of people, who see themselves alien to it even though in their privacy they maintain a ritual of gratitude to the corn for the energy and strength it gives them.
In recent history the internal armed conflict of more than 36 years is an element that must be considered since it leaves deep consequences in the free expression of the people, who in the struggle for life migrate to the United States or the capital city. This condition makes their socio-cultural dynamics stop being adequately transmitted and in the struggle to preserve their lives stop practicing this type of ceremonial, or do it secretly, in the privacy of their homes.
For this reason the inscription in the list of urgent safeguard of the ceremonial of the Pa'ch makes that a door to the private and community culture is opened, it is recognized and value the contribution of all and all the carriers of the culture, who in the silence and privacy continued to practice this ceremonial. The participation of children, youth, adults and the elderly who dance to Pachitas, as they are commonly called in San Pedro Sacatepequez San Marcos, is evidence from the elaboration of the intangible cultural heritage inventory of this ceremonial.
The Pregón manifests a risk in its transmission and permanence since only one group is doing it at present, they are older people who do not dominate their maternal language Mayan-mam. Although attempts were made to have a group that is acquiring the knowledge of the proclamation and appropriating it, it becomes a bit difficult due to the lack of identification of people with this part of the cultural manifestation.
This is based on the Popol Vuh, sacred Mayan-K'iche 'book, in which the importance of corn in the creation of the first human beings is emphasized, according to the Mayan philosophy "The meat was only from yellow corn and maize white, human legs and arms were echos only from corn dough; this was from our parents, our grandparents "Popol Vuh (SAM2011).
The candidacy of this ceremonial beginning in 2009 and concludes in 2013 when it is inscribed in the list of emergency saves. This request responds to the problem of transmission that is at risk and the condition of vunereability of the carriers of the culture is high.
Strengthening the process with local participation has been the backbone of the work generated after the cultural manifestation is registered, social conflict is a constant that has been addressed and that finally give a space to be found and built from their differences , your interests and common elements. The actions developed have initiated an action from the culture bearers who have formed working groups, achieving their leadership within these proposals.
A.7.
Contact person for correspondence
Provide the name, address and other contact information of the person responsible for correspondence concerning the report.
Title (Ms/Mr, etc.)
Mr
Family name
Bautista Godinez
Given name
Carlos Enrique
Institution/position
Alcalde Municipal
Address
6 av. 5-40 Zona 1
San Pedro Sacatepéquez
San Marcos
Telephone number
+502-77601213 ; 77604380
E-mail address
munisanpedrosm@munishecana.gob.gt
Other relevant information
Mr
B. Status of element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List
Refer to the nomination file or to previous reports, if any, as the basis for reporting on the current status of the element, and report only on relevant changes since the date of inscription on the List or since the previous report. Nomination files, specific timetables and earlier reports, if any, are available at https://ich.unesco.org or from the Secretariat, upon request.
The State Party shall pay special attention to the role of gender and shall endeavour to ensure the widest possible participation of the communities, groups and, where applicable, individuals concerned as well as relevant non-governmental organizations during the process of preparing this report, and is asked to describe how it has done so in point D below.
B.1.
Social and cultural functions
Please explain the social and cultural functions and meanings of the element today, within and for its community, the characteristics of the bearers and practitioners, and any specific roles or categories of persons with special responsibilities towards the element, among others. Attention should be given to any relevant changes related to inscription criterion U.1 (‘the element constitutes intangible cultural heritage as defined in Article 2 of the Convention’).
Social and cultural functions
The Pa’ch ceremonial is a ritual of pre-hispanic origin which consists in thanking the creator and trainer for the abundant harvest obtained during the main year of corn basic food of the Guatemalan population, public order activities begin on the 25 July of each year and end on October 4. The ceremonial of Pa’ch is a ritual of veneration of the corn that puts in evidence the narrow relationbetween the human beings and the Nature itself has respect and conservation of nature. In this ceremonial Speaker speakers called parliamentarians who spoke prayers in the Maya-Mm language. The godmothers of the Pa’ch s. They are in charge of dressing the pachitas ‘maiz cuache’ and who together the grandparents presen them and dance.
Participants are men and women, young adults and children each play a specific role within the ceremony and it is the elders who lead the entire activity is one of musicians who play instruments like the marimba drum and the chirimia.
This ceremonial is no an integral part of the heritage and identify of the Mayan people of San Pedro Sacatepéquez San Marcos, but also of those who live in the communities of the municipalities of Comitancillo, Cabrican and San Pablo. Whitin the ceremonial it they develop knowledge and knowledge that interrelate with the collection tecnique, production and consumption of corn, which reflects a historial connection, which remains collective memory of the people, who assumes corn as their main food.
B.2.
Assessment of its viability and current risks
Please describe the current level of viability of the element, particularly the frequency and extent of its practice, the strength of traditional modes of transmission, the demographics of practitioners and audiences and its sustainability. Please also identify and describe the threats, if any, to the element's continued transmission and enactment and describe the severity and immediacy of such threats, giving particular attention to any strengthening or weakening of the element’s viability subsequent to inscription.
Assessment of its viability and current risks
In the Pa'ch Ceremonial, two key elements are combined, such as the pregón and the dance of the pachitas in the sense of the dance of the pachitas is followed transmitted generationally different groups have been detected that practice and transmit some from the respective of Mayan-Mam spirituality and others from the Catholic church that Religious syncretism prayers and rituals of its own.
Among the safeguard measures that the communities have developed are the celebrations at the celebrations at the family level and others registered in the Catholic Church are the case of the San Francisco Soche group, where children organized in a brotherhood the Pachitas dance one week before the 4 October, and the adults celebrate on October 4, with the participation of young people, adults and ancestors who dance the pachitas and they prepare all the elements that this ceremonial requires, likewise the group that performs the dance of the pachitas denominating San Juan del Pozo group, performs the ritual within the framework of Mayan agricultural calendar that starts with a Mayan ceremony in which communities participate Maya-Mam both from the municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez as places, it is organized the food and the corn seed is shared.
Likewise the group of godmothers of the group promadre maiz, perform the dance of the pachitas, the pregón is kept alive by members of the promadre group who have not managed to transmit the knowledge to their children and given their age and lack of command of their language becomes more difficult to be able to give you a solution.
Racism and discrimination have been a structural factor that leads to the loss of value of Mam Mayan culture and therefore the use of language as a vehicle for transmitting these knowledge and knowledge. Historical situation given that General Justo Rufino Barrios (1848) decrees to the population of San Pedro San Marcos as Ladino, forbidding to use the Mam Mayam language.
The strongest threats must be addressed in the transmission pregon of the proclamation in the field of language and the scope of generational transference since the group that currently maintains the demonstration despite the fact that talks of awareness and knowledge so that from them the commitment to transmit the techniques and knowledge towards their children and others has not yielded much fruit.
Another of the threats lies in the lack of funding for the reproduction of material informative so that children and boys know about the proclamation and the pregón and Pa’ch because although it is true it has been possible for the education ministry to include as part of the school curricula a special subject for teachers to impart knowledge of the pregón and the Pa’ch but not has the right material so that the information is complete.
Another threat is the dispute between local cultural organizations that seek leadership of the cultural manifestation and want to take the definitions of work without prior consultation with the bearer of the culture, and without assuming specific roles for the support of the cultural manifestation.
B.3.
Implementation of safeguarding measures
Please report on the safeguarding measures described in the nomination file, and previous report, if any. Describe how they have been implemented and how they have substantially contributed to the safeguarding of the element during the reporting period, taking note of external or internal constraints such as limited resources. Include, in particular, information on the measures taken to ensure the viability of the element by enabling the community to continue to practise and transmit it. Include the following detailed information concerning the implementation of the set of safeguarding measures or safeguarding plan:
B.3.a.
Objectives and results
Indicate what primary objective(s) were addressed and what concrete results were attained during the reporting period.
Objectives and results
As the main safeguard measure, the inventory of the Pa’ch ceremonial was carried out, managing to identify groups of culture bearers that support the dance of the pachitas, not like that the pregón. This ceremonial requires an understanding of the safeguard measures that applied to the Mayan-Mam people, in the ceremonial ritual called the Pa’ch, which involves two sheds on one hand the pregon and on the other the dance of the pachitas.
The first is associated with the use of the pregón proclamation as a tool thank the creator for product born from the earth, this has a temporality that is related to the calendar agricultural Mayan, the second is the dance of the pachitas, which is related to the harvesting of the harvest and the conservation of the corn kernel that has allowed to maintain the biodiversity of the corn in Guatemala this ceremony is the integrity of the logic that governs the production system and the transmission of knowledge associated with this ritual.
Measures have been adopted to guarantee the viability of the cultural manifestation so that it is developing this through the local municipal government who has developed a line of work, conducting a massive media awareness campaign and has developed informative chakras directed to younf people and children with the objective that they know about the elements of the ceremonial of the pach and the pregon. Through the municipal mayor since the notification of the declaration be assumed the commitment to provide financing so that the culture carriers have the necessary supplies for the realization of the cultural manifestation.
B.3.b.
Safeguarding activities
List the key activities that were carried out during this reporting period in order to achieve these expected results. Please describe the activities in detail and note their effectiveness or any problems encountered in implementing them.
Safeguarding activities
1. Intangible cultural heritage inventory of the Pa’ch ceremonial
• Identification of culture carriers at the municipal level who practice and maintin the cultural manifestation.
• Work meetings to organize the intangible cultural heritage inventory of the demonstration.
• Systematization of the documentation and work collected in the communities, achieving the preliminary document that was evaluated by the group of culture carriers and local organizations that accompany the process.
• Geopositioning of the crosses that make up the ceremonial route.
• Inventory of the inherent space of cultural manifestation..
During the inventory process, it is possible to identify other carriers of the culture, which generated concern on the part of the pro-mother corn members regarding their representability to UNESCO. This Proved results that were finally overcome, leaving clarity regarding the intellectual property of the communities in relation to cultural manifestations and the role of those presenting the candidacies before UNESCO..
2. Recognition and establishment of crossings as elements of the demonstration cultural.
• Revision and documentary record on the location of the crosses number of same and their names.
• Municipal financial contribution for the construction of the crossings in the places determined.
• Management for negotiation with owners of private facilities for the location of crosses.
• Installation of crossing of the Pa’ch.
The people of the Oratorio community where one of the crosses is located does not he agreed with the construction of the same because they wanted to build a Community of alcaldia because the hill where “the cross is located is also a site to do Mayan ceremonies, spiritual guides and population of the community and other communities requested the municipal government to stop the work, in this case the communication with the community was opened and the municipality stopped the work situation that is not yet firm since the municipal council has not issued a final resolution.
3. Identification of new members for the pregón.
• Analysis of the transmission mechanisms applied by culture carriers.
• Workshops on analysis and reflection of socio-cultural transmission.
• Integration of young people and adults to the pregón proclamation voluntarily and it has been seen a lack of interest because in some only financial support for is perceived.
There has been the integration of new members to the pregón proclamation voluntarily and it has been seen a lack of interest because in some only financial support for is perceived.
4. Groups of culture carriers
• Municipal assembly of the authorities of San Pedro Sacatepéquez San Marcos.
• Meetings to establish agreements with the group that carry the culture of the communities of San Francisco Soche, San Juan del Pozo, La Grandeza, Municipal head of San Pedro Sacatepéquez.
• Identification of the safeguarding modality that the groups adapt.
• Municipal agreement to grant financial support for the activities of the ceremonial group pro Madre maiz.
• Joint celebration of the pregon and the dance de las pachitas with the pro mother committee promadre-maiz group of San Franciso Soche.
• Celebration of the dance of the pachitas in San Juan del Pozo by participating groups of culture carriers from other communities and municipalities such as Comitancillo, Cabrican and San Lorenzo.
Currently there has been greater participation of the representatives of the groups of carriers of the culture of other communities that June to the pro Madre Maiz, group. They have kept the cultural manifestation alive.
5. Management to strengthen the safeguarding activities.
• Project document proposal that contemplates the elaboration of materials education for boys and girls at the pre-primary level.
• Approval by the Ministry of Education specifying the integration of the Ceremonially Pa’ch and the pregón in the national base curricula.
The lack of funding for the reproduction of educational materials has been an obstacle for girls and boys of the primary and primary level to be able to get involved in the understanding of the ceremonial.
6. Talks and workshops of the Ceremonial of the Pa’ch.
• Informative talks during the year two thousand and seventeen, with young people from the educational center, information dissemination of the ceremonial of the Pa’ch and the pregón.
• Workshops on antecedents and important elements that make up the ceremonial of the pa'ch and the proclamation..
• Awareness campaign through outreach in different media about the ceremonial and its elements
Through the information dissemination and knowledge of the a Pa’ch ceremonial and the a guide aimed at young children and adults, antecedents and important elements that make up the same, themes that help you to assume the commitment of respect to corn and its components..
B.3.c.
Participation of communities, groups or individuals in the safeguarding activities
Describe how communities, groups or, if appropriate, individuals as well as relevant non-governmental organizations have effectively participated, including in terms of gender roles, in the safeguarding measures. Describe the role of the implementing organization or body (name, background, etc.) and the human resources that were available for implementing safeguarding activities.
Participation of communities, groups or individuals in the safeguarding activities
As a community that carries the culture, the different groups that practice and keep the cultural manifestation alive participate actively in the realization of the Pa’ch ceremonial and the Pregón the carrier community assuming the commitment of practice in the different specific dates in which it develops, the pro-corn group, the San Francisco Soche group, and the San Juan del Pozo group, maintaining the commitment to safeguard and maintain such and important ceremonial, with the latter two bearer groups fulfilling the commitment to transmit to the new generations, the practice and teaching of Panchitas dance, working hard with the children and young people who are the new generation that is assuming commitments of respect and practice of the ceremonial, the realization of practice is a vital contribution of the carrier community since many of them faithfully demonstration and last for generations prioritising the transmission of the cultural manifestation to the population on the ceremonial and the knowledge and establishment of the inherent space.
The cultural organization fraternity Shecana contributes from a particular way support to the group Pro-Maiz in the organization and celebration of the identify day Shecana realizing the ceremonial in the central square of the municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, on the other hand from the ambit governmental The Ministry of Eucation of Guatemala has been shown in the national curriculum based on the pre-primary and primary level implementation of transfer of the Pa’ch Ceremonial and them Pregón taught from primary schools assuming the dossiers and important role is that of information socialization.
The municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos has had an active participation in all actions at the in fabor of the ceremonial with the firm commitment that the same be maintained providing a constant support to the accomplishment of the crosses of the ceremonial likewise from the municipal local ambit From the declaration to the year 2017, the Pro-Maíz $1,000.00 economic group is carried out for the activities of the ceremonial economic resources that are of vital importance for meeting different elements that make up the ceremonial and can be performed and executed during in 2017 the municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez makes a monthly contribution of Q.500.00 in the Pro Madre Maiz group to supply different rubbles of expenses of expenses of the carrier community at the same time as an organization committed to being the municipal ambit in charge of promoting a campaign of sensitization as means of communication for the sensibility and formation of the ceremony the assumed 100% responsibility and expenses for workshops and forums with young people and children from different schools in the municipality where the information was transferred though the work developed by the cultural promoter and municipal delegate to himself as his communication unit social has been the municipal entity that created the dominated project MAJOR PARK whose general objective is to rehabilitee a public space through a project of infrastructures that integrates economic, cultural, urban and social aspects.
Through UNESCO in the city of Guatemala, participation in two training courses of great importance for municipal delegates in the implementation of the Convention has been strengthened.
B.3.d.
Timetable and budget
Indicate in a timetable when each activity was implemented and the funds that were used for its implementation, identifying the source of funding for each (governmental sources, in-kind community inputs, etc.).
Timetable and budget
ACCIÓN DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION TIEME RESPONSIBLE FUNDS FUNDING SOURCE
TRANSMISSION OF MANIFESTATION Meetings with young people and adults to integrate the pregón 2017 Municipality and Committee PRO MADRE MAIZ $50.00 Municipal Financial Funds
Identification of carriers, work meetings to carry out the inventory, systematization of information 2015-2016 Delegate Municipal Silvia Arreaga and Delegate of the Ministry of Culture $2000 Municipal funds and international funds
Celebration of the Pregón and the Pachitas by Pro Madre Maíz Group 2015-2017 Committee Pro Madre Maíz and Municipality of San Pedro Sac. $1,000.00 Municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos
Celebration of the ceremonial of the pachitas by the Ladies Group of San Francisco Soche with the participation of the Pro Madre Maíz Group 4/10/2015-2017 Group of Women San Francisco Soche.
Pro madre Maíz Group $300.00 Community funds for women and financial funds of the Municipality of San Pedro Sac.
IDENTIFICATION OF INHERENT SPACES Georeferencing of the sacred places of the Ceremonial and construction of ceremonial crosses. 05-2017 Sacred Places Ministry of Culture and Sports and Municipality of San Pedro Sac. $ 1,500.00 Funds of the Municipality of San Pedro Sac.
INFORM THE POPULATION ABOUT THE PA'CH CEREMONIAL Radial wedges, television, radio and television programs, murals 2017 Municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez San Marcos $1,500.00 Municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos
Carrying out workshops and informative talks in educational institutions of the Municipality of San Pedro Sac. 2016 - 2017 Municipal Delegate and Cultural Promoter, Municipality of San Pedro Sac. $ 1,000.00 Municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos.
Training on the subject of safeguards aimed at Cultural Delegates and Promoters. 2017 UNESCO GUATEMALA $700 Financial funds of the Republic of Azerbsiyan.
B.3.e.
Overall effectiveness of the safeguarding activities
Provide an overall assessment of the effectiveness of the activities undertaken to achieve the expected results and of the efficiency of the use of funds for implementing the activities. Please indicate how the activities contributed to achieving the results and whether other activities could have contributed better to achieving the same results. Also indicate whether the same results could have been achieved with less funding, whether the human resources available were appropriate and whether communities, groups and individuals could have been better involved.
Overall effectiveness of the safeguarding activities
The activities developed after the cultural event is inscribed on UNESCO’s list of urgent safeguards are based on the review of the request made for the observations made by UNESCO and the socio-political, economic and cultural reality of the communities that maintain and practice the Ceremonial of the Pa’ch.
The realization of the different activities developed have been effective since they have achieved concrete actions of sensibility and information as well as vital importance as the achievement of the implementation of the Ceremonial in the National Curricula of Education and has managed to go through the steps and contributions to the groups that carry the organisms maintain and practice the cultural manifestation, as well as the availability of such economic resources, human resources and material resources have been fundamental in the achievement of established objectives.
The financing applied in the performance of the actions comes from the sum of contributions from the own carriers of the culture, as well as from the Government institutions that have financed their own axes of work and in the scope of Municipal Local Government has managed to maintain firm the permanent financing found for the activities of safeguarding and permanence of the Ceremonial, being of transparent character with rendering of accounts and suitable execution of the same the commitment so that the funds cannot be destined or executed for other actions.
More personnel is required for the execution of lines of work since there is currently a cultural promoter and Municipal Delegate who has other work functions to be performed and a person who is 100% attending the actions of the plan is required. Safeguard with advice from a specialist in the matter to efficiently the results.
The community carrying the demonstration has been involved in a special way in the development of the work carried out has obtained voluntary collaboration and interest on the part of individuals and groups carriers of the culture qu. The work was not facilitated and they have been involved, which also makes reference to the fact that the some of the culture bearers have the vision of obtaining profits and become more bearers and integrate a cultural group, which is why they have a greater involvement of the community and individuals when it comes to this type of thinking. From that they be trained and informed with the objective of making them visible so that the free Decision teachers can participate and be more involved in the realization of talks, workshops, work meetings and more active participation.
Bautista Godinez
C. Update of the safeguarding measures
C.1.
Updated safeguarding plan
Please provide an update of the safeguarding plan included in the nomination file or in the previous report. In particular provide detailed information as follows:
- a. What primary objective(s) will be addressed and what concrete results will be expected?
- b. What are the key activities to be carried out in order to achieve these expected results? Describe the activities in detail and in their best sequence, addressing their feasibility.
- c. How will the State(s) Party(ies) concerned support the implementation of the updated safeguarding plan?
Updated safeguarding plan
a) Strategic axes
• Awareness
• Training information
• Transmission
b) Sensitization: Complete the inventory with the groups that practice the ceremonial, bell massive awareness through social media, dialogue with young people and adults, space for dialogue and analysis with university educational population courses and specialized debates, REPOR TIONS: Understanding the groups and their knowledge of all those who practice the ceremonial and the Pregón, Informed Population Lobe the Ceremonial and the Proclamation valuing it as the central axis of its identify, Strengthening of ethnic identify.
FORMACION-INFORMAGION. Promotion of Maya-mam language courses that already performs the Mayan languages academy, analyse the linguistics processes that are generated in the ALMG and the Man language. Creation of a Center for Documentation cultural of the Pa’ch. Design of educational material for the school level, production of material education for primary and pre-primary children in Man and Spanish language, Workshop for the use of materials with teaching staff, Carrier workshops of culture, teachers and students, Compilation of materials for dissemination materials, RESULTS: Guarantee the participation of all culture carriers. Strategy developed for the framework of school education. Boys and girls know and they appreciate the cultural and environmental values of the Ceremonial.
TRANSMISSION: Continue teaching the children and practice with them. Revaluation of The Ceremonial Prayer, Explain to the children because Ceremony is done, Support Financial for culture carriers. RESULTS: young boys and girls and adults close to the ceremonial they practice and value it.
c) In and institutional work with a serious commitment to develop the lines of work with work from the carriers of culture, Government institutions to National and Municipal level and collaborations of cultural groups assigning them each one a strategic axis to develop with the results of delivery.
d)
ACTIVITY INPUTS TIME AMOUNT
Informative talks in schools and institutes Spare parts and trifoliate February, March and April Q. 6,500.00
Traveling exhibitions Photographs, video, trifoliate gunship and laptop May and June Q. 18,000.00
Permanent exhibition at home of culture Photographs, July and August Q. 2,000.00
TV Forums Refurbishment Media September Q. 2,000.00
Marimba Concert Marimgistico Group October Q. 6,000.00
Route of the Crosses Urban Area Feeding, Amplification, Transportation and Supplies July-
September Q. 8,000.00
Route of The Hills Incense, Mirra, Carbon, Ocote, Candelas July
September Q. 200.00
Teacher Workshops Cañonera October Q. 2,000.00
C.2.
Community participation
Please describe how communities, groups and individuals, as well as relevant non-governmental organizations have been involved, including in terms of gender roles, in updating the safeguarding plan, and how they will be involved in its implementation.
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Community participation
In the area of community participation, there has been an influx of participation of communities that carry culture, in the practice and maintenance of cultural diversity, including the participation and interest of hunger and women carriers of culture with the involvement of children and young people who keep alive the manifestation, realizing the tour of crosses visiting sacred places and carrying out the dance of La Pa’ch this manifests a relevant participation of the carrier community and its individuals since they keep alive the cultural expressions, and have been of vital importance in the preparation of the Pa’ch ceremonial inventory, as well as the involvement of the population in the Municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, which has been shown to be respect accompaniment in the realization of the Ceremonial, likewise the nongovernmental organizations have been involved in the continuity and support to the realization of the Ceremonial being these House of Culture Sampedrana, which are involved in the update of the protection plan in a direct way the Municipal Mayor and Corporation Municipal that in conjunction with the Cultural Promoter and Municipal Delegate they have implied lines of action for the maintenance and safeguard of the ceremonial is expected to strengthen the Participation of institutions and organizations that were committed to providing lines of work for the advancement of protection measures is expected a direct involvement of the Ministry of culture and sports through the technical direction of intangible heritage, Mayan languages academy local cultural associations for that you can avatar and complete with the planned work.
C.3.
Institutional context
Please report on the institutional context for the local management and safeguarding of the element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List, including:
- a. the competent body(ies) involved in its management and/or safeguarding;
- b. the organization(s) of the community or group concerned with the element and its safeguarding.
2006-10-25
Institutional context
The commitment to assume respect for Maize and its components is of vital importance for the current and future generation, for which reason it has been worked on and must continue maintaining the vision that the risks for its disappearance must be reduced and that the Ceremonial in the Representative list and not of Urgent Safeguard, same that must arise from the bearers of the cultural manifestation Local and National scope.
A. Actively the competent organisms for their management and safeguard are the Municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez San Marcos, House of Sampedrana culture, and Ministry of Culture and Sports.
B. Groups involved Pro Madre Maíz Group, San Francisco Soche Group, and San Juan del Pozo Group.
Carlos Enrique
D. Participation of communities in preparing this report
Describe the measures taken to ensure the widest possible participation of the communities, groups and, where applicable, individuals concerned as well as relevant non-governmental organizations during the process of preparing this report.
Participation of communities in preparing this report
It has been a constant the active participation of the bearers of culture and Communities, the principle of considering the bearer of culture as the leader of the action within the work process has been effective for the advancement and maintenance of the Cultural manifestation, it has been possible to inform and train the Pro Madre Maiz group for the acceptance and coordination as well as relationship with other groups that within the ceremonial were found being these the group San Francisco Soch and San Juan del Pozo, getting thus the inclusion of the different bearers found and not being a group only Cultural the one that has the monopoly of the Cultural manifestation since being conscious cultural field cannot deny or veto the participation to carriers or organizations this and voluntary participation involves the bearers and communities more than people individual to take and active and important part in the measures to safeguard the ceremonial, maintaining a climate of cooperation manifested in meeting of work and commitments assumed by different actors.
Alcalde Municipal
E. Signature on behalf of the State Party
The report should be signed by an official empowered to do so on behalf of the State, and should include his or her name, title and the date of submission.
Name
Carlos Enrique Bautista Godínez
Title
Municipalidad de San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos
Date
14-12-2017
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