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  • Launching of Bangla Version of Shadow Education

    Thursday, 18 August 2011 15:49

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    Wednesday, 01 June 2011 15:44

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    Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:40

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Culture Sector

Baul Songs Festival 2004

Baul Songs Festival 2004
There is a wealth of cultural treasures that need to be enhanced and be made better known. Refined and sophisticated but also popular forms of music have been shaping the cultural identity of this land throughout the centuries and are still very much alive, albeit in certain circles only. Culture and this especially true for music, needs to be shared as it belongs to the nation and its all people, reflecting very effectively, thanks to its manifold manifestations, the national identity of this country. Also with a view to safeguarding and promoting intangible cultural heritage of Bangladesh, UNESCO organized Baul festival 2004.

Traditional and rural Music festival of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is known for its local music style in the region like Gomvhira in Chapainawabganj, Bhawaiya from Rangpur, Pala gan from Lalmonirhat etc. Partner NGO Save the Environment and Peoples' Development Association (SEPDA) did research and organized 10 rural music festivals with focus on local varieties of traditional music identify and describe local forms of traditional song, collection of lyrics, documentation, collect the name of the popular local artist etc.

Training Workshop on Conservation of Terracotta Plaques of Paharpur and publication of training manu

A three weeks long training workshop on the conservation of Terracotta Plaques of Paharpur Vihara taken place. It was a training programm on

Promotional Activities & Formal Closing of Paharpur-Bagerhat Safeguarding Campaign

In continuation of the International safeguarding campaign started in 1985 continued up to 1998 for important restoration and promotional activities

Training on Protection of Archaeological Sites and Role of Media

With a broad objective for skill development and motivation for the local journalist on the issues of rights of heritage and restoration of archaeological sites UNESCO Dhaka in collaboration with the Mass-line Media Centre and Dhaka Reporters Unity has organized a two day long training workshop from 15-16 June 2004. The objective was to building capacity of the media journalist on “public awareness through media to preserve heritage”.

Main Issues discussed were -

  • Concept and technique of issue selection for heritage reporting;
  • Preparing reports/features by considering the sensitivity of the issues;
  • In-depth reporting on heritage – identifying issues and focusing on structure, environment and community;
  • Identifying the role of community people in preserving and promoting heritage and reporting on media;
  • Identifying the role of media in preserving and promoting heritage and reporting in the media;
  • Laws related to heritage site preserving and protection of the sites;
  • Techniques of follow-up reporting to promote and preserve the heritage;
  • Fact-findings and monitoring the case of destruction of archaeological sites;
  • Recommendation for future actions.
 
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