It drew heavily on the dances and cultural traditions of the region s African slaves.
We also support the cultural expressions of the Palestinian people and the development of cultural industries in the region.
"It looks like it is a very meaningful, deliberate attempt on the part of the government here to make Sharjah the cultural hub of the region, " Bilal says.
Not only is it the spearhead of the city and country, the street is becoming a focal point for some of the most cutting edge trends and cultural initiatives in the region.
Olivier Roy, a Paris-based specialist on Central Asia, points to the cultural split in the region between the nomads from the steppes and mountains, mainly Kirgizs, Kazakhs and Turkmens, and the sedentary, mainly urban Uzbeks and Tajiks who settled in the river basins of Transoxania.
There are more than 600 tribes speaking 800 languages, with cultural practices varying both by region and by village.
They also fret that the continuing massive influx of Han residents is diluting the region's cultural identity.
In the 1980s, Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, attempted to turn Helena into a bright tourist attraction by creating the Delta Cultural Centre to promote the region's rich blues tradition.
To showcase the threatened underwater heritage and raise public awareness, the first ever exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region on Underwater Cultural Heritage was recently opened at Siam Ocean World in Bangkok, Thailand.
The film's survey of terror on both sides of the region's cultural and religious divide starts with the six-day war in 1967, when more than a million Palestinians came under Israeli military rule in the West Bank and Gaza.
Throughout the day, experts of cultural heritage worked to fine-tune an action plan for the protection of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and manuscripts in the region.
Held in Pasto and neighboring areas, the August event was the first ever cultural activity involving the entire Andean region of South America, with ethnic groups from eight countries providing an exceptional and diverse array of music, theatre, spiritualism and handicrafts.
It will be a major cultural attraction for the town and the region, bringing visitors and wealth to the area and increasing trade for local businesses.
In June 2010, Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan businessman, was given a 15-year prison sentence from a court in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on charges of looting cultural artifacts.
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It's fine for a country or a region to have ethnic and cultural diversity, I think its the beauty of south Asia that we have such diversity but I think the ethnic, religious and cultural differences between north and south Sudan are unbridgeable.
This English-language workshop is one of the key components of the Capacity-Building Programme of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which is being piloted in Africa in order to support the implementation of the 2005 Convention at the national level and to boost the potential of the dynamic cultural sector for sustainable development in the region.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Convention, Chinese National Academy of Arts (China National Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage), International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP), Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Hangzhou Municipal Government are planning to co-organize the West Lake Expo on Traditional Craftsmanship in the Asia-Pacific Region from 17 to 21 October 2013 in Hangzhou, China.
For historical reasons, the Brotherhood is an important part of the cultural identity of its members and of the region as a whole.
Madanjeet Singh created the South Asia Foundation in 2000 as a youth movement to promote sustainable cultural, educational and economic development throughout the region.
There are frequent cultural festivals in the Algarve to celebrate the region's food, wine, music, art and dance -- but many events attract more tourists than locals.
Obama will first travel to Saudi Arabia, an ally in the region both economically and strategically, despite cultural differences.
But it helps that from the 17th century to the 19th, the region's people endured famine, cultural suppression and forced emigration.
The region is becoming an even more vibrant cultural center.
Each is a thriving commercial and cultural destination with plenty to offer travelers passing through the region.
Despite a global economic crisis, cultural and creative industries are alive and growing in the region and across the globe.
The Director-General was present for the adoption of the Dhaka Ministerial Declaration on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions by 33 countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
Generously supported by Qatar and co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage of Qatar, ALECSO and UNESCO, this meeting was the occasion to plan increased cooperation within the region for the effective safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage.
Generously supported by Qatar and co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage of Qatar, ALECSO and UNESCO, this meeting will be the occasion to plan increased cooperation within the region for the effective safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage.
UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention
He reckons that the peculiar fanaticism of local football fans and the interest in local historic symbols are part of the same thing: a deep-rooted desire for a cultural identity which reaches back to a time when the region was great and powerful, coupled with a certain resentment towards the south.
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