Ceremonial opening of the Days of European Heritage in Belarus

Ceremonial opening of the Days of European Heritage in Belarus

Ceremonial opening of the Days of European Heritage in Belarus on September 27.

In year 2013 this event is very prominent for Belarus. 2013  is a year of anniversary celebrations.  Since 1993 we have been striving to present a new view on the objects of historical and cultural heritage of Belarus, to provide people with deeper knowledge of  our history and culture.

During 20 years this event was held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus. Since 2009 the main organizer of this event has been the Institute of Culture of Belarus. This year we decided to promote the theme of “living” cultural heritage. On the one hand this is a good possibility to remind of such event as celebrating  10th anniversary of Convention on preservation of intangible cultural heritage. On the other hand it is a good way of presentation of a new website “Living heritage”. It was found with the financial and consultancy support of UNESCO). This website gives the opportunity for everyone to get acquainted with people’s culture, rituals and traditions. The website also contains professionally compiled database on each region of Belarus.

During the Days of European Heritage in Belarus we presented a booklet and photo exhibition dedicated to the topic of the year.

Deputy Minister of Culture  Basil  Chernik , the head of the Department on preservation of cultural heritage Natalja Chvir, the Head  of  the information center of  the Council of Europe in Belarus Viacheslav  Jaroshevich,  the priest  of  the catholic church of saint   Symon  and Helena Uladislau Zavalniuk,  Uladzimir Schastny – the Head of the National Committee  of the Republic of Belarus  on  UNESCO and art critic  Nelli  Krivoshejeva  said several greeting words at the ceremonial opening .

Some representatives of the diplomatic missions in Belarus, people of art and culture were present at the opening.

A special atmosphere was created by the musicians from the band “Strela” from the department of ethnology and arts, which presented some folk and dances in national costumes.

At  17:00  there was a public  lecture of  the Doctor of  philological science  TatsianaValodzina:  “Folk Medicine in the System of  Traditional Culture of  Belarus”. This  lecture  awoke a  great interest and a vivid discussion of  the  public.

The days of European Heritage in  Belarus became  another  bright  point on the map of European cultural events.

Press-release


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