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Safeguarding Living Heritage for Resilience: Empowering Gales Point On 2 November 2025, the Institute for Social and Cultural Research (NICH–ISCR) advanced its work under the UNESCO project “Capacity Building for…

Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage of African Descendants in Belize The CECC/SICA Council of Ministers of Culture coordinates the program, with support from the Central American Black Organization (ONECA) and…

The Role of Living Heritage in Disaster Risk Reduction As natural disasters become more frequent, safeguarding living heritage—our intangible cultural traditions—has become vital. In July 2023, the Institute for Social…

On Sunday 20 November 2022, the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) joined leaders and members of the Mopan and Kekchi Maya communities of southern Belize at Lubaantun Archeological…

The National Celebrations Commission (NCC) hosted the Belize@41 Awards Ceremony on 1 September 2022, featuring seven outstanding and deserving Belizeans. Belize at 41 Awardees with Hon. Cordel Hyde, Acting Prime…

Enjoy these snapshots and memories of the Yellow Ginger Festival. If you have photographs and videos you would like to see on this website, send us an email at iscr@nichbelize.org…