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Notice (permalien)
Réf.
41857
Type
conference item
Titre
Mapping and managing the intangible heritage at the World Heritage Sites. The case of Tsodilo
Langues
English
Auteurs
Segadika, Philippe
Date
2003
Pages
1 p.
Titre de conférence
14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’
Lieu de conférence
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Date de conférence
27 – 31 oct 2003
Mots-clés
intangible heritage / World Heritage List / criteria / management / historic landscapes / sacred places / rituals
Pays mentionnés
Botswana
Monuments et sites
Tsodilo, Botswana
N° Patrimoine mondial
1021
Résumé en anglais
Criterion 6 of the cultural properties of the WorldHeritage is one of the reasons why Tsodilo is of
‘Outstanding Universal value’. This is because theJu/hoansi and Hambukushu communities living at Tsodilo
know that Tsodilo is the ancestral home to the spirits ofall living creatures. As prove to this, the local shamans,
guides and herbalists point to specific areas, which aretestimony to the marks of the first animals, the first
people, first sex spot as well as the first and eternal waterspring in the Tsodilo landscape.
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)