Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41798

Type

conference item

Titre

Cultural routes of Sri Lanka as extensions of international itineraries: identification of their impacts of tangible and intangible heritage

Langues

English

Auteurs

Manawadu, Samitha

Date

2005

Pages

13 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

cultural routes / trade routes / intangible heritage / historical surveys / tangible and intangible

Pays mentionnés

Sri Lanka

Résumé en anglais

Indigenous Sri Lankan culture received multifaceted influences from foreign cultures, mainly due to international cultural routes passing through the island. Their influences spread into hinterland through water and land routes, and were adsorbed by societies, forming a multifaceted heterogeneous culture with rich tangible and intangible elements. First most prominent was the prehistoric Indo Aryan cultures; of which climax was the introduction of Buddhism with Buddhist art and architecture during early historic period. Dravidian Cultures followed it. Transcontinental cultures were brought through Silk Road on the Sea, resulting cultural contaminations from the Far East and the West during historic period. Next was the infiltration of Chola and Pallava cultures along with Hindu Art and Architecture. During the medieval period, Mohammedans travellers and the Europeans brought Islamic and Christian elements respectively.The early international cultural routes prompted subsequent appearance of pilgrimage and trade routes, which extended from ports to hinterland Sri Lanka, encouraging spread of multifaceted culture.
Purpose of this paper is to disclose findings from an ongoing research on “Impacts of International Cultural Routes on the Cultural Itineraries in Sri Lanka”.

Document joint

4-30.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)