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Background:
- a. “Use culture to strengthen faith” appointment meeting guidance to leaders and ITREB November 1996.
- b. Mandate of BHT: Entrusted to the promotion and preservation of cultural and historical heritage of this part of world.
- c. Detailed Policy: On “how” and “what” of the policy. Read on this link:
- d. Discussions on the topic with BHT Chair
- e. Definition of Culture: In a word 'way of life'
- https://youtu.be/fL5WzpuvXfY
STRATEGY:
- a. Assign Primary Responsibility to the CURATOR.
- “A curator (from Latin: cura, meaning “to take care”) is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e.g., gallery, museum, library, or archive) is a content specialist charged with an institution’s collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage MATERIAL.”
- b. Sources:
- Research Publications donated by CAK research team.
- Collections by AKCSP.
- Input by interested researchers both indigenous and global through this “LIVING DOCUMENT”
- c. How: Share the link for this document on social media, related blogs, mail etc.
- d. Form a dedicated group on “whatsapp” and similar platforms.
AKDN VIEW:
AKTC became active in the north of Pakistan in 1989, in response to concerns that the unique culture of the area was under threat due to developments that followed the completion of the Karakoram Highway in 1978. Increased accessibility to remote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, which were part of the old Central Asian Silk Road but which had remained inaccessible to vehicular traffic, coupled with the impact of tourism, introduced a rapid transformation of local customs and economic patterns. These changes called for a new strategies and procedures that were capable of steering ongoing rapid change.
The conservation of the Baltit Fort – the earliest elements of which date back more than 700 years – and the stabilisation of the historic core of the village of Karimabad – historically BALTIT – in the Hunza Valley, were the Trust’s first major interventions in Pakistan. The project was finished in 1996, but conservation efforts continued. The AKTC’s country affiliate, the Aga Khan Cultural Service-Pakistan (AKCSP), was formed in 1991.
BALTIT FORT IS NOW A MUSEUM
After the restoration of Baltit Fort in 1996, the fort was opened for public. It is now being managed by the Baltit Heritage Trust. An estimated 15,000 people visit the Baltit Fort every year which includes locals, domestic and foreign visitors.
IT TOOK 6 YEARS TO RENOVATE THE BALTIT FORT
The fort was renovated by Aga Khan Cultural Services for Pakistan (AKCSP) and opened for public in September 1996. The restoration work of Baltit Fort took AKCSP about six years to complete with the support of Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). The fort was inaugurated after restoration by His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan and then president of Pakistan Mr. Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari.
The Fort remains open all year round and seven days a week, with the idea of being a self-sustaining cultural centre supported by the sale of entry tickets, souvenirs and generous donations of individuals and organizations entrusted to the promotion and preservation of cultural and historical heritage of this part of world.
Baltit heritage trust is the main institution in Hunza towards preservation and promotion of heritage of hunza. Now we have the son of soil heading this organization that gives us the hope that the trust will provide the needed impetus even to the diaspora. My advocacy: Hunza Heritage through BHT chair.
AKCSP & BHT: Seek input through this paper.
How can anyone participate and contribute towards the MANDATE: Open the document on this link and update with your input, be it an audio clip, a video, a saying, historical event etc – anything that deals with culture/civilization of past, present or the thoughts for future.
BURUSHAKI LANGUAGE:
Remarks/Speech: TMS MANDATE and BHT – +Mandate of TMS
Passage Rites - 'The Kindling of the lamp' or ‘Chiragh Rawshan’
Burushaski Language and Literature:
Burushaski Alphabets:
Water Rights - in Central Hunza
It will help the younger generation to arrive at logical collective decisions when the futuristic civil society entities embark on implementing desirable changes in the distribution of water rights that will be necessitated when either new channels are built or the existing channels are improved or utilization options - for example, HYDRO-POWER schemes are implemented and a review becomes essential. This consideration alone has prompted me to reproduce the same on my blog so that it is available to a wider circle in Hunza.
Disputes in Hunza - 1980-1990s - A matter of serious attention for the people of Hunza
I have recently obtained verbal permission of Dr. Herman Kreutzmann to post this chapter from the CAK (Cultural Area Karakorum) Project research publication “Erdkunliches Wissen 132” with the hope that study of contents will help the people to do a serious review of the unnecessary conflicts which have afflicted our society as a negative development resulting from the 1974 decision of the Government of Pakistan to abolish the hereditary rule in Hunza. Misinterpretations and controversial interpretations of customary rights have engulfed many communities to waste their energies and resources on litigation s in the courts of law.
Karakoram in Transition: Culture, Development and Ecology in the Hunza Valley
edited by Hermann Kreutzmann
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In the age of globalization the interconnectedness of world regions is perceived to a much higher degree than ever before. The remoteness of mountain areas has been converted into a view of mountains as a resource centre from where life-spending water originates, as an abode of pristine cultures, herbs, and niches. Pakistan incorporates some of the highest mountain regions, and the Karakorams have been one of the least known for many centuries. Here we find some of the steepest slopes, mass mobilization, earthquakes and the water towers of humankind. At the same time these areas are of geopolitical interest in boundary making and control. Trade routes of the caravan age have been transformed into motorable roads such as the Karakoram Highway. The impact of these changes are addressed in this book in which for the first time eminent scholars from various disciplines cooperate in an international effort to combine state of the art research results about the Hunza Valley. The academic interest in different aspects from culture, ecology, economy and development has been the starting point for presenting the Hunza Valley as an example of high mountain research from which new insights into sustainable mountain development can be derived. Therefore the focus on a specific valley opens methodological and conceptual venues based on sound empirical data from fieldwork experiences. The Hunza Valley can be considered as an arena of research and development for half a century. With this book the most recent insights are presented in a holistic effort.
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