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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Burundi; by risk level: 2 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The gendered, coil-built (colombina technique) production of unglazed clay cooking pots by Batwa women of Burundi, a tradition dating back thousands of years and directly parallel to, yet distinct in specific documented process detail…
The hollowing of sacred hardwood trunks and fitting of animal-hide heads to construct the large ceremonial drums central to Burundi's royal drumming tradition, ingoma, whose associated ritual dance was inscribed by UNESCO on the…
The coiled and flat-strip weaving of storage and carrying baskets by Burundian women, historically among Tutsi households and today across Burundian communities broadly, using natural fibers including papyrus, banana bark, sisal,…