New Delhi: The UNESCO has joined palms with a well-liked motorbike manufacturing firm to rejoice the intangible cultural heritage of India, as a part of which an exhibition on the Himalayas will open in Delhi on Monday. The exhibition, titled ‘Journeying Throughout the Himalayas’, will likely be hosted from August 22 to 25 on the Bikaner Home, officers stated.
“UNESCO has partnered with Royal Enfield to rejoice and promote the intangible cultural heritage of India, starting with the Himalayas. The exhibition that will likely be inaugurated on Monday signifies this partnership,” a senior UNESCO official instructed PTI.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was just lately signed between the 2 sides on this connection, they stated.
The exhibition will concentrate on intangible cultural heritage of basically Union Territory Ladakh and Northeastern states falling within the Himalayan area, the official stated.
In addition to the exhibition, quite a few occasions will likely be held from August 23-25 with the Himalayas and its intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in focus.
On Tuesday, a number of panel discussions are lined up on topics corresponding to ICH by way of the lens of sustainable tourism, intangible cultural heritage of India: relevance and alternative, ridets and their explorations, journeying the Himalayas by way of style, they stated.
Artists’ expression of the dwelling heritage of the Himalayas, story of the indigenous Mishing tribe and textile traditions, amongst different topics would even be mentioned as a part of the host of occasions lined up subsequent week.
Discussions on books, writing and images as regards to the Himalayas and its intangible cultural heritage will even discover house within the occasion line-up of the United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO) and Royal Enfield, acording to particulars shared by the officers.