CEE is one of the international hosts of the ACCU Asia Pacific ESD Photo Message Exhibition titled ''Letters to Tomorrow: Celebration of Our Living Culture". As a part of this, CEE will be putting up the photo-exhibition in three cities - Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Pune. In partnership with other interested agencies CEE plans a series of events to reinforce the importance of “living culture” in shaping our path to sustainable development. . The exhibition aims to develop an understanding and respect for different cultures and traditions. It also, provides an opportunity for critical reflection and dialogue with practitioners and interaction with community on culture, society and sustainability issues of not only conserving culture as a Heritage form but also about how relevant it is for us to perceive culture (role of human value system) as one of the significant element and mode of achieving goals of Sustainable Development

The Photo Caravan is a collection of over 80 prize winning photographs from a photo contest organised by the UNESCO Asia Pacific Cultural Centre last year as part of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). Entrants in the photo contest were asked to select some part of their valuable culture which according to them has been nurtured in nature, and passed from people to people, hand to hand and heart to heart, in other words "Living Heritage" around them. The photographs have tried to depict living culture through images of people engaged in traditional music, theatre and dance, folklore and legend, social practices, rituals and festive events, traditional handicrafts such as wood carving, dyeing and weaving, and cultural spaces such as those for prayers, rituals and gatherings

This photo caravan will be exhibited in three countries of Asia Pacific region simultaneously i.e. Mongolia, Japan and India.

The photo caravan is being held from October 28 – 31, 2009 at the Centre for Environment Education Campus in Ahmedabad; from November 3-5, 2009 at the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur and 19– 23 december,2009 at Pune, Maharashtra . These will be day long events including interactive cultural exchange sessions with groups visiting the exhibition.

Venue : Yashwant rao Chavan Natyagriha, Kothrud

Watch this space for more details on the event!

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