Namibian exhibition explores cultural heritage of repatriated art

STORY: Namibian exhibition explores cultural heritage of repatriated art SHOOTING TIME: April 11, 2024 DATELINE: April 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:19 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NDEENDA SHIVUTE-NAKAPUNDA, Chief curator at National Art Gallery of Namibia 3. various of the art exhibition STORYLINE: Namibia opened an exhibition in the Namibian capital of Windhoek Thursday evening dedicated to exploring the cultural customs and identity of the country's looted art to retrieve its heritage. The exhibition, themed "Artistic Research Communal Knowledge (ARCK): Reconnecting with Returned Cultural Belongings," features 23 cultural and historical belongings that were returned from the Ethnological Museum, a public institution dedicated to ethnology and culture in Berlin, Germany, to Namibia in May 2022. The artifacts, including milk gourds, calabash, woven baskets, and traditional wooden cups, will be displayed at the National Art Gallery

UNESCO adds Palestinian site to World Heritage List

STORY: UNESCO adds Palestinian site to World Heritage List DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tel es-Sultan in Jericho 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MAJED ISHAQ, General Manager of Tourism Marketing and Media STORYLINE: The World Heritage Committee on Sunday officially added a Palestinian heritage site to the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In a press statement sent to Xinhua, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said "Tell es-Sultan, located in Jericho in the West Bank, was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List." "The decision to add the historical site took place during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting held in Saudi Arabia," the ministry added. "Such an important decision affirmed the unique universal value of the site and of Palestine in general and reveals the historical, aesthetic, ethnological, and anthropological origins of the

Belgrade street to be named after late Japanese diplomat

Belgrade street to be named after late Japanese diplomat

BELGRADE, Serbia and Montenegro - A chorus sings a tune at a ceremony held at the Ethnological Museum in the Serbia and Montenegro capital city Belgrade on Nov. 2 in memory of the late Japanese Ambassador to Croatia Keisuke Oba, who was associated with the former Yugoslavia for 30 years, first as a student and later as a diplomat. One of streets in Belgrade will soon be named after Oba in recognition of his contributions to relations between Japan and Belgrade.

Belgrade street to be named after late Japanese diplomat

Belgrade street to be named after late Japanese diplomat

BELGRADE, Serbia and Montenegro - A chorus sings a tune at a ceremony held at the Ethnological Museum in the Serbia and Montenegro capital city Belgrade on Nov. 2 in memory of the late Japanese Ambassador to Croatia Keisuke Oba, who was associated with the former Yugoslavia for 30 years, first as a student and later as a diplomat. One of streets in Belgrade will soon be named after Oba in recognition of his contributions to relations between Japan and Belgrade. (Kyodo)

A mikoshi (portable shrine) of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

A mikoshi (portable shrine) of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

Interior view of the kairo (cloister) of the Upper Shrine. The cloister was rebuilt in 1828 and is now a National Important Cultural Asset. A beautiful design is painted under the eaves. Renovated in the beginning of the Showa Period, this building remains as a valuable source of information about the designs used from the Edo Period. The mikoshi (portable shrines) were made during the Momoyama or Edo Period, and seven of them remain as Prefectural Tangible Ethnological Assets.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐41‐0]