National Flag of Curaçao
Designed by mr. Martin den Dulk, the flag symbolises Curaçao tropical blue sky and sea and the yellow sun which shine the entire year over the island. The five-pointed stars represent Curaçao and Klein Curaçao and the five continents from which Curacao’s people descend. A multi-cultural community.
Willemstad
The historic area of Willemstad, the capital city and harbour of Curaçao, was put on the World Heritage List in 1997. The modern town consists of several distinct historic districts whose architecture reflects not only European urban-planning concepts but also styles from the Netherlands and from the Spanish and Portuguese colonial towns with which Willemstad engaged in trade.
Kas di Pal’i Maïshi
A typical slave hut in Curaçao, recognized as a monument by UNESCO Curaçao. The hut is turns into an interactive museum that tells the history of how formerly enslaved locals lived after the abolishment of slavery (1863) in and around the hut. Worth a visit to experience, observe and discover.
Horn blower
A Curaçao Intangible Cultural Heritage, a hornblower used to be appointed by our ancestors to announce important events in the country area. The horn was also used as music instrument, providing a rhythmic base for arduous manual work and harvesting.
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Bon Biní, to the website of the Curaçao National Commission for UNESCO, as spoken in the native language of Curaçao, meaning welcome.
On behalf of the Curaçao National Commission for UNESCO and its secretariat, with this website, we would like to present to you the most
relative information about the activities that are taking place in Curaçao with regard to the programmes and projects of UNESCO.
There is also a link to the website of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, where you can get more information about the overall activities of UNESCO.
We hope you can find the information you want on our website. If there is anything still missing that you want to know, please feel free to contact any
member of the Curaçao NatCom or from the secretariat,

Have a pleasant surf,
Ms. Marva C. Browne M.A.
Secretary General

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