Cultural heritage
is related to the Right to History,
applying to a specific group of people
and their desire for a demonstration or expression
of their group's continued memory and legacy.
This applies especially to those ethnic groups
that are decreasing in number
as their members leave and assimilate into larger group ethnicities.
It is the desire for preservation
and their desire for a demonstration or expression
of their group's continued memory and legacy.
This applies especially to those ethnic groups
that are decreasing in number
as their members leave and assimilate into larger group ethnicities.
It is the desire for preservation
of all those things that relate to that group:
beliefs, history, customs,
rituals, language, food,
arts, taboos, and so on.
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| Yi people performance, International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, May 23, 2007. Yi people live in mountainous, rural China, northeastern Vietnam, and Thailand. |
Cultural heritage is extremely related
to an individual's identity
because
because
the group who we are
defines the
personal who I am.
Thus, the Right to Cultural Heritage
is actually
a form of self-preservation.
This right is driven by the need
to be respected,
protected by the Right to Respect.
This right is also supported by the
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