Yugar served on the jury for the UNESCO programme Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity and is credited with lobbying successfully for the Oruro Carnival to be proclaimed a masterpiece in 2001.

Yugar has been Director for the Promotion of Culture within the Ministry of Culture, President of the Bolivian Association of Artists and Musicians, and President of the Bolivian National Council of Popular and Traditional Culture. She has received numerous awards and is a UNESCO Artist for Peace.

Discography

• Tierra sin Mar (Land without Sea)
• Grandes exitos de Zulma Yugar

Notes

External links

• Wilson García Mérida, La artística historia de Zulma Yugar, Los Tiempos, October 22, 2006 - in Spanish
• Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
• Zulma Yugar official website