Second capacity building workshop on Empaako safeguarding organized in Hoima

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Engabu Za Tooro (Tooro Youth Platform for Action) organized a 2nd residential capacity building workshop in Hoima – Uganda aimed at giving practitioners of Empaako naming system the rationale and basic knowledge of documentation of intangible cultural heritage beginning with Empaako naming system itself.

The workshop which attracted 32 participants from Empaako communities of Banyoro, Batooro, Batagwenda, Banyabindi, Basongora and Batuku who are practitioners of Empaako naming practice that include ritual leaders and guides, community based writers, folk performers and cultural resource people.

An interview guide of collecting data on Empaako naming system was discussed and adopted, 32 cultural practitioners of Empaako naming system were given rationale and basic knowledge of documenting Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and sufficiently prepared to document their own practices of Empaako naming system.

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The script of video production of Empaako naming ceremonies was discussed and adopted, data collection teams in documentation of Empaako naming system constituted and commissioned, a network of ICH documenters established and commissioned and two focus group discussions generated data on the whole interview guide on Empaako naming system.

The 2nd capacity building workshop was facilitated by community based professionals in different ICH fields who have gone through training of trainers for community self-documentation on ICH. The community based facilitators were supervised by three specialists in key areas based on their topics.

Engabu Za Tooro is currently implementing a UNESCO co-funded project UGA 01210 on documentation and revitalization of ceremonies and practices associated with Empaako naming system in Uganda.