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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