Publicomos

Réf.

41848

Type

conference item

Titre

The case of Nyanga Cultural Landscape, N.E. Zimbabwe

Langues

English

Auteurs

Mupira, Paul

Date

2003

Pagination de section

1-5

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

sacred places / protection / cultural landscapes / conservation of historic sites / management / places of religion and ritual / intangible heritage / local communities

Pays mentionnés

Zimbabwe

Monuments et sites

Nyanga Cultural Landscape, Zimbabwe

Résumé en anglais

A present or past identity is often closely associated withspecific locations and structures in the landscape. The
concept of a sense of belonging to a place enshrined inreligious and spiritual beliefs affects a community's
disposition towards the past. Usually local communitiescare for only those material elements that have direct
significance to their spiritual apparatus. As Cleere (1989: 8)points out some sites may be sacrosanct and unalienable,
but other manifestations of the past may be demolished orneglected as having no significance. Following this
argument, the paper looks at the Nyanga community’sperception of the past, and explores the nature of this
restricted concern. In order to solicit attitudes regardingspiritual beliefs the locals were asked whether they held the
terraces as sacred. The diverse perceptions that emergedhave important implications on the management of the
cultural landscape.

Document joint

B2_-_4_-_Mupira.pdf

Licence

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