Way of Making Viola de Cocho is revalidated as a Cultural Heritage
The Way of Making Viola de Cocho (MT and MS) and the Iauaretê Waterfall - Sacred Place of the Indigenous Peoples of the Uaupés and Papuri Rivers (AM) - had their titles of Cultural Heritage of Brazil revalidated. The decisions were unanimously approved during the 99th Meeting of the Advisory Council for Cultural Heritage, held yesterday (9).
Registered cultural assets must undergo, at least every ten years, revalidation processes for the titles of Cultural Heritage. "The objective is to update information about the cultural property, evaluate the effectiveness of support and development actions, and learn about changes in the senses and meanings attributed to the property, among other issues that contribute to the continued safeguarding of these heritages", highlights a note from the Institute National Historic and Artistic Heritage (Iphan).
The advisory board is composed of representatives of public and private institutions, representatives of civil society and chaired by IPHAN. It examines, assesses and decides on issues related to registration and registration of cultural assets of an immaterial nature.
According to the institute, last month meetings were held with researchers and communities holding the two assets to format a technical opinion for revalidation. This document was placed in public consultation and, after the deadline, the opinion and manifestations of the population were appreciated by the Sectorial Chamber of Intangible Heritage, which recommended the revalidation of the titles. The last step was the vote for revalidations in the Advisory Council for Cultural Heritage.
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The Way of Making Viola de Cocho, traditional in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, has been registered as a Cultural Heritage of Brazil since December 2004. The cultural asset involves the handcrafted production of the musical instrument, which is carved out of a log. solid wood and the result of knowledge that guide the handling of raw materials typical of the Midwest region, such as sarã-de-leite, ximbuva and cedar.
The communities holding this knowledge are made up of the master craftsmen who produce the viola – a fundamental element in the cane and crab circles in the Pantanal region.
Iauaretê Waterfall
The Waterfall of Iarauetê, also known as Cachoeira da Onça, is located in the Alto do Rio Negro region, in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, in Amazonas, and has been registered as a Cultural Heritage of Brazil since February 2006, under the title of Sacred Place of the Indigenous Peoples of the Uaupés and Papuri Rivers.
The place is a reference for indigenous peoples of the region bathed by the two rivers, most of them of Eastern Tukano, Arawak and Maku linguistic affiliation. The waterfall brings together stones, slabs, islands and Paraná that symbolize episodes of war, death and alliance in myths of origin and historical narratives of these peoples, such as the creation of humanity and the emergence of their respective ethnic groups.
* With information from Iphan
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