KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Prof. Elizabeth Graham: Belize's Spanish and British colonial heritage as seen through Tipu and Lamanai

I will be drawing from my archaeological investigations at Tipu and Lamanai, and additionally from my husband David Pendergast's excavations at Lamanai, to connect both the Maya and colonial pasts to Belize's present. Both were centuries-old Maya communities, and both were sites of early Christian or "primitive" churches founded by the Franciscans in the early 16th century.

KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Prof. Fred Valdez: Belize and the Earliest Maya: Archaeological Data and New Interpretations

The ancient Maya site of Colha in northern Belize is a focal point of some early developments beginning in the Archaic period (about 3400 BCE). Recent studies have identified earlier than Maya occupants in the region that had significant cultural developments. Belize’s prehistory is quite significant in Maya (and pre-Maya) studies. Factors of defining communities, aspects of horticulture, and the transition from the Archaic into the Preclassic are reviewed in consideration of - just who were the earliest Maya?

KULCHA Symposium Presenters, Dr Shawn Morton, Dr Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown and Dr Jillian Jordan: Cultural Expression and the Ancient Architecture of the Stann Creek District

Architecture is an expression of culture and culture process, there is a lot that we can dig into concerning this subject. In this presentation, we will define and present one such expression: the ancient Maya architecture of East-Central Belize (Stann Creek District). We'll also discuss our approach to understanding its development through reconnaissance and survey, excavation, materials science, experimentation, and tapping community knowledge.

KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Kong F. Cheong: Ancient Maya Music Making: Sound Instruments from the Site of Pacbitun, Belize

Belizeans have a long tradition of music-making. Evidence of this heritage shows that it goes all the way back to the ancient Maya of Belize. Music is said to be the language of emotion and that all music is meant to be shared. Here, an introduction of various musical instruments used by the ancient Maya along with sound artefacts from Pacbitun will be presented. A short video demonstration of sound from the functioning artefacts and a discussion of ancient Maya music-making and soundscape at Pacbitun.

Call for Abstracts! Belize KULCHA Symposium 2021 by Heritage Education Network Belize

Call for abstracts! Heritage Education Network Belize would like to invite you and your colleagues to present research related to heritage and culture in Belize at our first annual Belize KULCHA Symposium! We welcome presentations and case studies in Art, Heritage, Archaeology, Language and all areas of culture.

Women in Art Symposium 2021, Belize

Heritage Education Network Belize presented at the Women in Art Symposium 2021, organised by the Institute of Creative Arts in Belize. We talked about the Creative and Cultural sectors and how we can encourage post-Covid Recovery.

Launching the Garifuna Cultural Project

Our goal is to dedicate the entire month of November in 2020 to premier our new project where we celebrate and highlight Garifuna Culture, Music, Language and Arts.

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Understanding Intangible Cultural Heritage and Why You Are a Part of it Too; A Discussion with Linette Sabido from the Belizean Institute for Social and Cultural Research

On September 18th, 2020 Heritage Education Network Belize hosted a new Facebook Live, where we discussed Intangible Cultural Heritage with Linette Sabido from the Belizean Institute for Social and Cultural Research (ISCR). The discussion tied in with the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.