Thanos magazine 3/2023 (103)

FIAT-IFTA celebrates 2003 UNESCO ICH Convention anniversary

The year 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary

of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the

Intangible Cultural Heritage – twenty years since

the Convention was adopted, on 17 October

2003, by the 32nd session of the General

Conference of UNESCO.

FIAT-IFTA is proud to be a UNESCO-accredited

NGO and to be part of the 20 years celebration

of the 2003 Convention. At this celebration, we

renew our commitment to safeguard Intangible

Cultural Heritage. Intangible Funeral Culture is

an intrinsic part of the bereavement process,

therefore an intrinsic element of the work we do.

Mrs. Chen Yuanyuan, chair of the FIAT-IFTA Funeral

Heritage Committee, on the occasion of 20th

anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding

of the Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO says:

As a consultative NGO to UNESCO we are proud and

honored to make contributions to the protection

of intangible cultural heritage! Intangible cultural

heritage is closely related to the cultural and

historical memory of mankind and is passed down

from generation to generation. Our organization

is a party to the Convention which is also the

inheritor of the diversity of human funeral culture

protection. Our work consists of setting up heritage

protection organizations, establishing intangible

cultural heritage databases and publishing Funeral

Heritage Reports. We are committed to raising

awareness of the importance of safeguarding

intangible cultural heritage. To promote, excavate

and protect funeral and burial intangible cultural

heritage making continuous efforts to achieve the

goals of the Convention.

Watch a speech by Ms. Chen

Yuanyuan, chair of the FIAT-IFTA

Funeral Heritage Committee

Since its establishment in 2008, the

FIAT-IFTA Funeral Heritage Steering

Committee has been devoting special

attention to traditions, cultural

phenomena and artifacts related to

death, dying, funerals and mourning

at national, regional and local levels

around the world that are worth saving

from oblivion.

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No. 103 – AUTUMN 2023 | THANOS MAGAZINE

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