World Heritage theater
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It is at 14 places that registered in the World Heritage of UNESCO in Japan now. The cultural heritage is 11 places, and the natural heritage is 3 places. It is “World Heritage theater. ” that the theater space is set in the World Heritage of the Japanese whole country, and artists who represent our country unfold performing. More people understand World Heritage, and one of the activities that aim at the spread and the enlightenment of the movement of UNESCO.
UNESCO adopted “World Heritage Convention” in 1972. The purpose of a valuable cultural heritage is to succeed by worldwide cooperation to the next generation. Afterwards, “Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” was adopted in 2003. The purpose is not to limit to a material inheritance, and to pass on a wide, intangible cultural heritage to future generations.
It is born, receives 60 years this year, and “Private UNESCO society” is centered, it starts from Nara and the Todaiji Temple great image of buddha lord in May, 2006, and the art project of “World Heritage theater” has been executed for three years it until 2008 in Japan in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the UNESCO establishment.
It is a project that the focus is widely appropriated to a material, intangible cultural heritage, and people in the region with World Heritage say that they will create individuality and the boast connected to the climate in the region to the resource the cultural heritage.
2006 year was appearance of Nomura Japanese witchs of the trick, and it was met the World Heritage theater in Nara and Todaiji Temple. Afterwards, it was entitled, “World Heritage theater” in Itsukushima Shinto Shrine and the [kuda**] Shinto shrine starting with it, and was executed the traditional Japanese theater, the theatrical art, and the concert. Fiscal year 2007, the performance in shrines and temples of Nikko, Kumano old road (sacred place and visit to a shrine road in the Kii mountainous district), and Himeji Castle is scheduled. The performance in Himeji Castle that hits the 6th is scheduled on November 2, 2007. It is a concert inviting [naofuto] Moriyama Akira and Miki Imai. What art does a top artist who represents Japan unfold in Himeji Castle of World Heritage?It comes to want to peep at the space and time that the history melts into each other now by all means.
Tags: and [naofuto] Moriyama Akira, Himeji Castle, private UNESCO society, World Heritage, World Heritage theater
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