December 6, 2023
The Minnesota Wild are holding a Native American Heritage Night on Friday, so goalie Marc-Andre Fleury wanted to honor his wife’s indigenous background. So, he had a mask designed to acknowledge his wife, but the NHL is disallowing him to wear it. The NHL announced in June that in order to avoid any “distraction,” themed
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THE Navarasa Heritage Fashion Showcase and Designer’s Recognition Award, which took place in Kuala Lumpur in October, marked a significant celebration of Malaysia’s rich cultural heritage. The event was organised by Bkay Nair Resources (BNR) and culminated with a stunning grand finale at Kompleks Kraf Kuala Lumpur. Over several days, the event brought together fashion
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Nationals MP Anne Webster says the rights of private property owners are at risk, expressing grave concerns over a situation where a couple’s land near Lake Tyrrell has been unexpectedly annexed for cultural heritage. Ms Webster highlights that Murray and Marie spent $500,000 on approved plans and an additional $33,000 on cultural heritage approvals. She
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Mystifying burial grounds in Korea and Viking-age fortresses in Denmark are among 41 new World Heritage sites unveiled this week. The United Nations‘ cultural body – also known as UNESCO – has expanded its list of protected sites to more than 1,100 across the world following deliberations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. World Heritage Sites are globally recognised buildings and
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Nine months after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a country club must sell its lease to the state historical society that owns the land containing Native American earthworks, golfers are still pushing carts over the mounds and whacking at them with 3-irons. But now those Octagon Earthworks, which Native Americans constructed about 2,000 years
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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya warned Monday that an outbreak of diseases in the country’s northeast, where floods have killed over 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis”. The floods have also raised concerns about the ancient ruins of Ceyrene with UNESCO saying on Monday the ancient Greco-Roman city lies roughly 37
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CLUSTERS of rice terraces lie in different municipalities of the Ifugao province. Two millennia ago, ethnic tribes used mud clay and stones to construct rice terraces and maintained these with water from mountains. Unesco (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) declared the sites a “priceless contribution of Philippine ancestors to humanity.” Hailed as a
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A United Nations committee has voted to declare ruins near the ancient city of Jericho a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a move that has angered some Israeli officials. The World Heritage Committee operates under the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. Israel quit UNESCO in 2019 over allegations that the group was biased
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Jerusalem CNN — The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” The decision was made at a conference held in Riyadh, UNESCO said on its official X account, formerly known as Twitter. The Palestinian Authority welcomed the decision, while
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