Preserving the Chaldean Culture

The Chaldean Community Foundation and the Chaldean News are honored to be selected by the Library of Congress to preserve the Chaldean culture and contribute to the archival collections to be preserved at the American Folklife Center in Washington, DC.

As the largest library in the world, the Library of Congress awarded ten grantees from across the U.S. to document cultural traditions, practices, and experiences, while enhancing the library’s holdings with materials featuring creativity and knowledge found at the local level. This work will ultimately be included in the library’s various permanent collections.

A 12-month project called Chaldeans: Portrait of an Evolving Community will capture video footage, contributing photos, audio recordings and community interviews to be made publicly available for future documentary makers and story tellers to access.