{"id":100478,"date":"2015-09-24T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T05:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=100478"},"modified":"2015-09-24T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T07:07:19","slug":"what-is-heritage-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/24\/what-is-heritage-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Heritage Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">Heritage Day is celebrated annually in South Africa (SA) on September 24 and recognises and celebrates the cultural wealth of SA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">South Africans celebrate the day by remembering the cultural heritage of the many cultures that make up the population of SA, with various events being staged throughout the country to commemorate this day.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">Living heritage is the foundation of all communities and an essential source of identity and continuity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">Aspects of living heritage include: cultural tradition, oral history, performance, ritual, popular memory, skills and techniques, indigenous knowledge systems and the holistic approach to nature, society and social relationships. <\/span><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">In South Africa the term \u201cintangible cultural heritage\u201d is used interchangeably with the term \u201cliving heritage\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">Living heritage plays an important role in promoting cultural diversity, social cohesion, reconciliation, peace and economic development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">In every community there are living human treasures that possess a high degree of knowledge, skills and history pertaining to different aspects of diverse living heritage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">It is, therefore, important for South Africans to reclaim, restore and preserve these various aspects of living heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">The Department of Arts and Culture is developing a draft policy on the South African living heritage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #F8F8F8;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #252525\">This policy, once adopted, will set the tone for the South African Agenda and highlight the following roles: safeguarding living heritage as a valuable resource for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div 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