Annex: World Heritage Site in Pakistan

This site houses the ruins of an immense city of the Indo Valley, built entirely in adobe in the third millennium BC. The acropolis erected on huge terraplenes, the walls and the rigorous planning of the layout of the lower city attest to the existence of a strictly planned early urbanism. (UNESCO/BPI)

From the construction of the ancient neolithic tumulus of Saraikala to the building of the city of Sirsukh in the 1st century AD, through the erection of the walls of Sirkap in the 2nd century BC, the site of Taxila illustrates the urban development stages of a city of the valley of the Indo successively subject to the influence of Persia, Greece and Central Asia. From the 5th century BC to the 2nd century AD was also the seat of an important Buddhist teaching centre. (UNESCO/BPI)

The Buddhist monastic group of Takht-i-Bahi (Trone of Origins) was founded in the early 1st century. His location at the top of a high hill saved him from the successive invasions of the region, which explains his good conservation status. In its vicinity are the ruins of Sahr-i-Bahlol, a small fortified city of the same time. (UNESCO/BPI)

Capital of three successive dynasties, before falling under the domination of the Mogoles emperors of Delhi, the city of Thatta was continually embellished between the 14th and 18th centuries. The vestiges of this city and its necropolis are an exceptional testimony of the Sind civilization. (UNESCO/BPI)

This site comprises two masterpieces of the apogee period of Mogol civilization, in times of Emperor Sha Jahan. The fortress of Lahore encloses in its walls a set of marble palaces and mosques adorned with mosaics and gilded. In the vicinity of the city, the splendid Shalamar Gardens, staggered on three terraces, offer an incomparable example of artistic refinement with its pavilions, waterfalls and vast ponds. (UNESCO/BPI)

After defeating the Mogol Emperor Humayun, in 1541, Sher Sha Suri ordered to build a set of fortifications in Rothas, a strategic place located in the north of the present territory of Pakistan. This strong, called Qila Rohtas, was never conquered and remained intact until today. The main fortification is a wall of more than four kilometers of perimeter with bastions and monumental doors. This fort is an exceptional example of the ancient Muslim military architecture in this region of Asia. (UNESCO/BPI)

The Feast of the New Year is often an ephemeris in which people express their desires for prosperity and a renewal of their lives. In many regions of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, this event is held on 21 March and is called Nauryz, Navruz, Nawruz, Nevruz, Novruz, Nowruz or Nuruz, which have the same meaning of “new day” in the different languages of those countries. Several celebrations of rites, ceremonies and cultural events take place for about two weeks. An important traditional custom of this period is to meet to eat with the family and close around a table ordained with objects that symbolize purity, luminosity, life and prosperity. The participants in the celebrations are adorned with new clothes and visit their neighbors and relatives, especially the elderly. Gifts are also made – especially for children – which often consist of objects made by artisans. In this festival of the New Year, street shows of music and dance are represented, water and fire are celebrated in public, traditional sports competitions are organized and various handicraft objects are produced. All these traditional customs, which older generations convey to the youngest through observation and participation in them, contribute to the promotion of cultural diversity and tolerance, and to the strengthening of the feeling of solidarity and peaceful relations in communities. (UNESCO/BPI)

In the beginning, man used the art of battery to procure food, but his later evolution made that he is now primarily linked to the conservation of nature, the cultural heritage and the social activities of the communities. In accordance with their ethical traditions and principles, the cetreros doman, feed and train for the flight birds of prey—halconidos, as well as eagles and acipítridos—, creating a link with them and becoming their main protectors. Practiced in many countries around the world, the art of battery can present some practical variants – for example, on the equipment used – but its methods are always similar. Cetreros are considered a specific group. Sometimes they travel together for weeks, hunting and then telling each other the vicissitudes of each day in the evenings they organize. They consider that the battery binds them to the past, especially when they belong to communities in which this art represents one of its last links to the natural environment and its traditional culture. Practices and knowledge related to this element of immaterial cultural heritage are transmitted from generation to generation within families, as well as through formal mentoring and learning systems or training courses provided in clubs and schools. In some countries, a national review should be adopted to be a signer. The celebration of meetings and festivals allows the communities of cetreros to exchange knowledge, promote diversity and raise public awareness of the value of their art. (UNESCO/BPI)

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