The subject was discussed during a meeting between the Minister of Culture Dr André Jacques Augand, and the representative of Unesco Éric Voli Bi in Gabon last Monday.
The “Mvett” is a stringed instrument played to accompany the set of war stories of the Ekang people. Its UNESCO intangible heritage project is continuing. Éric Voli Bi, the UNESCO representative, clarified during his meeting with the Minister of Culture that the Mvett registration process is still long before achieving this. Indeed, UNESCO has set itself the objective of protecting the world’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage in danger of disappearing.
Mvet, which is in danger of disappearing, sees its usefulness in being safeguarded by UNESCO. Known in the Beti-Bulu-Fang cultural space, this project is supported by Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. These countries share this complete theatrical art belonging to the Beti-Bulu-Fang peoples distributed in four countries namely, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville and Equatorial Guinea.
In addition, the project to register the Mission Sainte-Anne du Fernand Vaz church (Omboué) as a world cultural heritage site was also discussed by the two personalities. The member of the government was informed that a mission of experts is expected in Gabon to take stock of the inventory report of said heritage.
