Tag: Heritage

Roskilde (Denmark), Jan 23:For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade, influence and sometimes war across seas and continents.In December, the UN’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Denmark, ...

Renovated Mubarak-Mandi Heritage will boost tourism: LG Sinha Jammu Tawi, Jan 18: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired the meeting of Governing Body of the Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society and reviewed the to-date progress of restoration and renovation works of the Mubarak Mandi Complex, here at the Raj ...

I discovered the long history of my parents’ culinary fascination when they wrote their memoirs. Unfortunately, my father, Isha’at Habibullah, was very ill when he began his autobiography, which remains incomplete. However, he did condense the pre-Partition sections into a four-article series published in Dawn Magazine in 1991 under ...

Srinagar, India (CNN) — The lone shikara (Kashmiri gondola) carries us silently across the placid surface of Srinagar's Nigeen Lake to the far shore, where a large number of wooden houseboats are strung out in a line. We stretch out on colorful recliners under a tarpaulin canopy while behind ...

#Pakistan News Eminent designs by Turkish architects have always managed to achieve global fame as Turks constructed remarkable and magnificent buildings and structures throughout their history. An archival study has revealed that Turkish architecture is a culmination of cross-cultural designs and was influenced by Seljuk, Byzantine, Islamic Mamluk and ...

China and nine Asian countries jointly initiated an alliance for cultural heritage conservation at the two-day Asian Dialogue for Cultural Heritage Conservation that concluded Thursday. The alliance will be an inter-governmental platform for exchanges and dialogue on cultural heritage protection built on a voluntary and equal basis, upholding the ...

#Pakistan News After 20 years, the Taliban once again took control of Afghanistan. Many buildings, museums and ancient cities, including the Presidential Palace of Afghanistan, which are very important for world history, also fell into the hands of the Taliban."MANY HISTORICAL ARTICLES UNDER RISK OF LOOT"The rapid takeover of ...

Architecturally unique Mubarak Mandi Complex*LG Sectt takes serious note of shocking revelationMohinder VermaJAMMU, Aug 27: In a shocking revelation, the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has on one side initiated a formal exercise for inclusion of historic and architecturally unique Mubarak Mandi monument in the “Tentative ...

Blowing up ancient monuments, smashing priceless artifacts, burning books and widespread looting – when the Taliban first rose to power in Afghanistan in 1996, they swiftly declared war on most forms of art and cultural objects.Citing the Quran, the Islamist group destroyed paintings, discontinued music and systemically engaged in ...

An often neglected but fundamentally important victim of a conflict is the physical manifestations of a community, a people, a nation, their heritage. Conflicts in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria continue to be characterised by the destruction of cultural heritage. International law to protect cultural heritage has ...