Appendix 6 - International Music Council

e) Thirty three countries in the world belong to the Coalition for Cultural Diversity.
Nine of them are Latin American: Uruguay, Perú, México, Ecuador, Chile,
Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela. In Paraguay and Bolivia there are
two coalitions about to be formed. Coaliciones en Movimiento. Un boletín de las
coaliciones para la diversidad cultural. Vol. 4, No. 1, Enero 2006.
http://www.cdc-ccd.org/Espagnol/bienvenido_2005.htm
Nicaragua: In opposition to the Nicaraguan abstention from the vote, the Garífuna
community from Corn Island asks for the ratification of the Convention to protect the
Intangible Cultural Heritage.
OFRANEH. Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña.
http://rds.hn/index.php?documento=4130
Montevideo, Uruguay - 24 th MERCOSUR Summit: President Lula da Silva from Brasil,
Néstor Kirchner from Argentina, Ricardo Lagos from Chile, Hugo Chávez from
Venezuela, and other MERCOSUR´s assistants (Paraguay) and Associated States
(Bolivia, Chile, Perú, Colombia and Ecuador) announced a Declaration with their
promise to ratify and strongly support the Convention. Coaliciones en Movimiento. Un
boletín de las coaliciones para la diversidad cultural. Vol. 3, No. 8, Diciembre 2005.
http://www.cdc-ccd.org/coalition_currents/Dec05/coalition_currents_sp_dec05.html#3
6. The manner in which musical diversity is addressed by music workers and
expressed in various forms or musical creation; the relationship to identity.
• Cite examples of cultures in which musicians and/or the various participants in
the music business (producers, presenters, record companies etc) are interested in
musical diversity – in the sense of the simultaneous practice or presentation within a
society of many forms of music.
§ In general, artists and non-governmental promoters of culture concentrate their efforts
within the specific areas of their own interest. Governments, through legislation, intend to
sponsor multiple forms of diversity, even though some expressions remain always on the
fringe.
Within recording companies there are some interesting proposals, for instance, those
concerning alternative music, supporting diverse genres and traditional expressions. An
example: in México, Fonarte Latino and Ediciones Pentagrama.
http://www.fonartelatino.com.mx; www.pentagrama.com.mx
Samples of musical identity expression through diversity:
Argentina: a) Leon Gieco works with Indigenous and Creole musical instruments,
generating fusion music. b) Alejandro Iglesias Rossi and other young composers present
a contemporary innovative music language combining ethnic instruments from diverse
regions. c) Foreign festivities like “Saint Patrick Party” (emphasis on Celtic music), have
a place in performed music. Consejo Argentino de la Música / CIM.
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