This article lists the practices listed in UNESCO intangible cultural heritage to Burkina Faso.
Understand
The country has a practice repeated on the "representative list of intangible cultural heritage From UNESCO.
No additional practice is included in the "register of best practices for safeguarding culture "Or on the"emergency backup list ».
Lists
Representative list
| Convenient | Year | Domain | Description | Drawing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Sénoufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast Note Burkina Faso shares this practice with the Mali and the Ivory Coast. | 2012 | * oral traditions and expressions * Performing Arts * social practices, rituals and festive events * knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe * know-how related to traditional craftsmanship | The balafon of the Sénoufo communities of Mali, from Burkina Faso and of Ivory Coast is a pentatonic xylophone, known locally as ncegele. The ncegele is made up of eleven to twenty-one blades of unequal length, cut from wood and arranged on a trapezoidal support, also made of wood or bamboo. The instrument's resonators are calabashes, also of unequal size, arranged under the support, in proportion to the boards. They are perforated and lined with membranes of spider oothecae to vibrate the sound. The tuning of the ncegele is set to dividing the octave into five equal intervals. The sounds are obtained by striking the blades with wooden sticks bearing at the ends by a rubber head. Performed solo or in an instrumental ensemble, the musical discourse is based on an offer of multiple rhythmic melodies. The ncegele hosts festivals, accompanies prayers in parishes and in sacred woods, stimulates hard work, punctuates funeral music and supports the teaching of value systems, traditions, beliefs, customary law, ethical rules governing society and the individual in daily acts. The player first learns on children's balafons and then improves on "normal" balafons under the direction of a master. |  |
Register of Best Safeguarding Practices
Burkina Faso does not have a practice registered in the register of best safeguarding practices.
Emergency backup list
Burkina Faso has no practice on the emergency safeguard list.
