Organized by UNESCO under the theme
We Are #LivingHeritage, the anniversary is
great the occasion to reflect on the role of
the 2003 Convention in raising awareness
about the diversity and richness of intangible
cultural heritage and in fostering international
cooperation. Living heritage is about people,
resilience and knowledge passed on from
generation to generation.
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.
Become an author of the “Funeral Heritage
Report” – a unique publication presenting
examples of intangible funeral culture from
around the world. It describes customs, rituals,
rites, beliefs, stories, music, art, the language
used to describe the death phenomenon, and
the products of crafts. The report forms part
of the ongoing commitment we have as part of
our membership with UNESCO and helps our
industry to share, learn and hopefully safeguard
funeral traditions and customs associated with
death, funerals and bereavement that still exist
around the world.
Read more and explore past
“Funeral Heritage Report” publications.
FIAT-IFTA members and all those who
have knowledge of intangible funeral
heritage and would like to present it in
the pages of an international publication,
and thus preserve them for future
generations, are invited to contribute to
the report by writing to info@thanos.org
or fiatifta-magazine@thanos.org
Photo: UFCB Press Service/deyanstoevphotography
During the FIAT-IFTA I.C.D. Meeting in Varna,
as a proud UNESCO-accredited NGO, we took part
in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the
UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage adopted on October 17,
2003. We renewed our commitment to safeguard
Intangible Cultural Heritage as an intrinsic part
of the bereavement process, and therefore
an inherent aspect of our work.
THANOS MAGAZINE | No. 103 – AUTUMN 2023
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