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ADACH to celebrate International Day for Monuments and Sites
Abu Dhabi, April 18, 2011 (WAM) - The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) is celebrating the International Day for Monuments and Sites, tomorrow and public invited to join a trail through the Hili Oasis, Al Ain.
In 1983, UNESCO designated April 18th at the request of ICOMOS (the International Council for Monuments and Sites) as the ‘International Day for Monuments and Sites'. This special day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the diversity of the world's heritage and the efforts required to protect and conserve it. Each year, ICOMOS suggests a theme to be highlighted. This year the theme is the Cultural Heritage of Water.
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture '&' Heritage (ADACH) will highlight how water has shaped the oasis culture of the Hili Oasis, allowed the civilisation around it to thrive for millennia and how it impacts the heritage resources today. Through a vast and complex water management system, large extensions of land were farmed, larger populations were sustained, and surplus crops were traded, thus establishing Al Ain as a major crossing point in trade routes between Persia, Arabia, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
In a region such as Abu Dhabi where water is scarce, protecting and guarding access to water has always been a matter of survival. As Dr Sami el-Masri, Deputy Director General for Arts, Culture and Heritage said: "The culture of water - managing and protecting it - has been essential in shaping the heritage of the Abu Dhabi Emirate of which oases are an important heritage asset. They are not only significant for their ecological value, but also for the important cultural value they hold, which is linked to a way of life that has survived until today. The historic architecture found within these oases was built to protect water sources, the inhabitants of the oases and their produce." To join in ICOMOS's global celebration, ADACH is hosting an open-door day to explore the Hili Oasis in Al Ain on April 18, from 8:00-17:00. Visitors are invited to discover how water has shaped the oasis culture of the Oasis, allowed the civilisation around it to thrive for millennia and how it impacts the heritage resources today. - Emirates News Agency, WAM
In 1983, UNESCO designated April 18th at the request of ICOMOS (the International Council for Monuments and Sites) as the ‘International Day for Monuments and Sites'. This special day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the diversity of the world's heritage and the efforts required to protect and conserve it. Each year, ICOMOS suggests a theme to be highlighted. This year the theme is the Cultural Heritage of Water.
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture '&' Heritage (ADACH) will highlight how water has shaped the oasis culture of the Hili Oasis, allowed the civilisation around it to thrive for millennia and how it impacts the heritage resources today. Through a vast and complex water management system, large extensions of land were farmed, larger populations were sustained, and surplus crops were traded, thus establishing Al Ain as a major crossing point in trade routes between Persia, Arabia, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
In a region such as Abu Dhabi where water is scarce, protecting and guarding access to water has always been a matter of survival. As Dr Sami el-Masri, Deputy Director General for Arts, Culture and Heritage said: "The culture of water - managing and protecting it - has been essential in shaping the heritage of the Abu Dhabi Emirate of which oases are an important heritage asset. They are not only significant for their ecological value, but also for the important cultural value they hold, which is linked to a way of life that has survived until today. The historic architecture found within these oases was built to protect water sources, the inhabitants of the oases and their produce." To join in ICOMOS's global celebration, ADACH is hosting an open-door day to explore the Hili Oasis in Al Ain on April 18, from 8:00-17:00. Visitors are invited to discover how water has shaped the oasis culture of the Oasis, allowed the civilisation around it to thrive for millennia and how it impacts the heritage resources today. - Emirates News Agency, WAM
