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Arts and Crafts, Blog, Built Heritage, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Restoration

Mysore’s Ganjifa: is it time to play the ‘dying heritage’ card?

November 30, 2015August 6, 2016

We remember the Mughals for their majestic contribution to the Indian architecture. The monumental treasures built by them such as the Taj Mahal, the Red …

Blog, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Restoration, Traditions, World Heritage Sites

Buganda Heritage: Conflict Between Traditional and Modern

November 25, 2015August 6, 2016

Traditional Buganda history is skewed and fascinating, but is this desire to stick to tradition hampering the restoration of World Heritage? Buganda is a sub-national …

Arts and Crafts, Blog, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage

‘Catch them young and teach them about culture and heritage’

November 18, 2015November 17, 2017

Isn?t it true that children are like clay, and can be molded by people and things that surround them? And nobody knows this better than …

Blog, Features, Food Heritage, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Traditions

Oktoberfest in Germany – LaGer than Life

November 12, 2015December 25, 2017

Traditionally, beer for Oktoberfest was brewed from the beginning of March for it to age through summer and hence the name, Marzenbier(March beer). Being 6 …

Blog, Built Heritage, Conservation, Heritage

The Mystery Behind the Greek Cyclades Islands

November 3, 2015January 6, 2017

The narrow white-washed alleys, the splendid white cubed-shaped houses with brightly painted wooden doors and windows, and countless tiny blue-domed churches, contribute in making Cyclades …

Syria Heritage Picture Courtesy: Beshr Abdulhadi

Blog, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Restoration, Traditions, War

Cultural Heritage of Syria: Preserving the Past for Future

November 1, 2015August 15, 2016

It has been over four years now, since the Syrian uprising took place; four long years of turmoil, violence, bloodshed and destruction. The prolonged conflict …

Arts and Crafts, Blog, Heritage, Intangible Heritage

The Revival of Japan?s Dying Cultural Heritage

November 1, 2015August 6, 2016

Japan has a broad range of cultural heritage that have been preserved and handed down over the generations. Of these, there are cultural heritage that …