Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
the Taliban blew up two ancient statues of the Buddha in 2001 has been declared as the
First SAARC CULTURAL CAPITAL for 2015.
Dhaka will be the SAARC cultural capital in 2016-17.
This was decided at the SAARC Culture Ministers Conference which concluded on 25th
september.
The year 2016-17 will also be declared the SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage.
The SAARC countries also agreed to formulate proposals for transnational nominations
for the World Heritage List and a regional list of heritage sites.
Indias Project Mausam got a boost as the Delhi Resolution agrees to recognise the
impact and contribution of maritime routes and the monsoon as also other inland
relations through centuries of trade, migration and colonialism.
To promote literature produced in local languages of the region, and to make them accessible
to readers across the world through translations in not just English but SAARC languages
also.
To promote traditions uniqueness of that particular region.
Digital mapping of historic sites in member countries.
To Prepare inventories of cultural assets.
To preserve folklore and other oral traditions besides a common entrance rate to monuments
in the region for people from SAARC countries.
BAMIYAN SAARC CULTURAL CAPITAL, 2015:
About Bamiyan:
Located on the ancient silk trade route, the city of Bamiyan was part of the Buddhist
Kushan Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era.
One of the main attractions of the city was two colossal statues of the Lord Buddha that
were carved 4,000 feet apart.
One of them (locally called Salsal Buddha) was 175 feet (53 m) high, making it
theworlds tallest standing statue of the Lord Buddha.
These statues were carved during the fifth century CE but were destroyed by the Taliban
in March 2001.
In 2003, the cultural landscape of Bamiyan was inscribed in the UNESCOs List of
World Heritage Sites.