HENB celebrates #Women4Heritage with Europa Nostra with an intergenerational dialogue to mark International Women’s Day. For the second year in a row, Europa Nostra celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022.
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We are extremely happy to announce that our co-director, Ella Békési has been selected to be part of the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors team for 2022. Follow our director on her Instagram @craboo.creative to learn more about European Culture!
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The Locally Project, is a community-funded project in collaboration between artists, small businesses, local and international stakeholders on a joint mission to safeguard Belize’s culture.
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To’one Masehualoon NGO is a cultural preservational group in northern Belize which grew out of the idea that the people of Belize who are of Yucatec Maya decent are slowly losing their self of identity and that the demise of a vibrant culture filled with ancestral splendor and knowledge is slowly reaching extinction. The purpose of the group is to restore and preserve the pride of being of Yucatec Maya ancestry. This is accomplished by preserving all areas of the culture such as language, spirituality, attire, cuisine, folklore, and dance and by also being engaged in community outreach.
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In an effort to provoke discussions on Maya identity, in 2018 a group of young cultural activists revived San Antonio Day to highlight the Yucatec Maya traditions of the village. The reloaded version of San Antonio Day, Another Beautiful Day in San Antonio, encompasses a trifocal approach that incorporates sports, culture, and environmental awareness.
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We are pleased to invite all YOUTH around the world to submit short films to share indigenous or local memory in World Heritage Sites. (DEADLINE July 31, 2021) Click here for more info!
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Heritage Education Network Belize was invited to be a partner of Our World Heritage, a new NGO that aims to protect heritage, support science-based decision-making, stop politicization and engage civil society. We tackle challenges and plan events related to “Heritage Places and Memory”.
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Young and innovative perspectives on sustainable tourism and its relationship to cultural heritage. Heritage Education Network Belize was invited to speak about how Heritage Education Network Belize can find sustainable solutions through the collaboration between Cultural Heritage and Tourism disciplines. As well as how we see cultural heritage as essential to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Heritage Education Network Belize participated in the Indigenous Heritage Discussion on Authenticity & Outstanding Universal Value by ICOMOS Canada. “The ICOMOS Working Group on Indigenous heritage and ICOMOS Canada convened stakeholders internationally to explore guiding principles and prepare a Terms of Reference that will guide the ICOMOS working group on Indigenous heritage for the years to come.”
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Our team is launching a new project called Heritage Highlight. The purpose of this is to focus on providing space for people, co-operations, NGOs, artisan businesses and tour guides who safeguard Belizean culture, nature, heritage and history in any way. Find out how you can be featured!
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