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Ponte…nas ondas! (PNO!) is a cultural and pedagogical organization that has conducted educational and cultural activities in Galicia and Northern Portugal since 1995. The association was created due to a radio program celebrating the bridge's opening between Salvaterra and Monçô. The first broadcast in 2003 featured 16 schools from both sides of the river, presenting 24 hours of programming produced by more than 50 educational centers. Through the creation of transmission spaces and practice spaces for intangible cultural heritage, the project aims to safeguard cultural heritage on the Portuguese-Galician border to this day. Originally developed in Salvaterra de Miño (Spain) and Monção (Portugal), the project was taken up by many other schools and institutions.

Within a general perspective of European integration, and that of the Portuguese-speaking world, the association promotes cultural and pedagogical activities as well as the promotion of common identities between the two peoples. The first Galician-Portuguese Intangible Heritage Candidacy has been announced in this context in the wake of the first proclamation of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage. The association embraced the UNESCO project 'The slave route' in 2001, and began focusing its activities on intangible heritage in 2002.

Moreover, in 2002, the group organized a research campaign on oral traditions (oral traditions, customs, music, dance, festivals, and traditional medicine...) in order to promote the common Galician-Portuguese heritage. As the first Multinational Candidature presented by educational centers from two countries, the Galician-Portuguese Oral Traditions Candidature was presented to UNESCO in 2004. Ponte nas Ondas has requested that this heritage be added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Indicative List since 2005. In addition to professional music groups from Galicia and Portugal, African musicians and Brazilian music groups also collaborated with Treixadura, Uxía Senlle, Andrea Pousa, Gaiteiros de Lisboa, Vozes da Rádio, Guadi Galego, Pancho Álvarez, Chico César, Margareth Menezes, and María Solleiro.

In recent years, teachers and researchers at Ponte nas ondas have studied this living heritage supported by tradition bearers, practitioners, and specialists from the region's universities. Through the Ponte nas ondas project, young people have been able to participate in the practice and transmission of their own traditions. As a result of the dissemination of cultural heritage in schools, the training of teachers, the presence of bearers and practitioners in classrooms to impart their knowledge, and the use of radio and technology, the shared intangible heritage has been transmitted, promoted, and enhanced.


References

(https://ich.unesco.org/en/BSP/portuguese-galician-border-ich-a-safeguarding-model-created-by-pontenas-ondas-01848) (http://pontenasondas.org/the-evolution-constant-innovation/?lang=en) (https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte..._nas_ondas!)


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