The En-compass project hosted a workshop aimed at safeguarding the cultural heritage of the Makushi people at the Bina Hill Institute at Annai, North Rupununi, in December.
According to a press release, participants in the workshop, held between December 6 and December 15, identified the need for urgent documentation of threatened cultural heritage and expressed concern about the decline of speakers of the Makushi language. Other threatened tangible cultural items were identified as arrows, bows and hammocks while threatened intangible cultural heritage includes knowledge about medicinal plants, myths, stories and spirituality.
The international project, which is in partnership with institutions in Guyana, the UK, China and Kenya and is funded by
