June 9, 2026
The UNESCO office in Haiti organized, on Thursday, May 28, the third working session of the Nanm Vodou artistic collective with young singers, as part of the “Chante, chante pou konprann” project.
Supported by the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund, this initiative aims to promote and transmit Haitian intangible cultural heritage through song and Vodou traditions.
The workshops focus notably on the history of the songs, their symbolic significance, and performance techniques.
The session was led by Érol Josué, Director General of the National Bureau of Ethnology, who raised participants’ awareness of the importance of cultural transmission through voice and collective memory.
According to UNESCO, each song represents an act of recognition and preservation of Haiti’s living heritage.
This activity is part of an effort to safeguard threatened cultural expressions while offering young artists a space for learning, creation, and identity affirmation.
