I think sri Shashi has a point. But for now, I will consider this useful assuming that we can use the resources derived out of such a proclamation for benefit of improving vedic chanting. Although, it may not be the intention of the proclamation, but I would like to see this in isolation as a means to protect our vedic traditions. In that respect I am fully convinced by Sri Sudarshan swamy for we have probably a reason to think in the direction of rejoicing. Sajjana Padapadma parama renuhu Lakshmi Narasimha dasan shashi <shashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: i don't know how much happy i should be, when i read the original UNESCO website posting. this recognition to vedic chanting is no isolated matter, it is part of a 28 item list, among which are: The masterpieces proclaimed are: Azerbaijani Mugham (Azerbaijan), The Carnival of Binche (Belgium), The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya (Bolivia), The Oral and Graphic Expressions of the Wajapi (Brazil), The Oral traditions of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa (Central African Republic), The Royal Ballet of Cambodia (Cambodia), The Art of Guqin Music (China), The Carnival of Barranquilla (Colombia), La Tumba Francesa, Music of the Oriente Brotherhood (Cuba), The Al-Sirah al-Hilaliyya Epic (Egypt), The Kihnu Cultural Space (Estonia), The Tradition of Vedic Chanting (India), Wayang Puppet Theatre (Indonesia), The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town (Jamaica), Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre (Japan), The Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers (Kyrgyzstan), Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry (Madagascar), The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead (Mexico), The Traditional Music of Morin Khuur (Mongolia), The Pansori Epic Chant (Republic of Korea), Lakalaka, Dances and Sung Speeches of Tonga (Tonga), The Arts of the Meddah, Public Storytellers (Turkey), Vanuatu Sand Drawings (Vanuatu), Nha Nhac, Vietnamese Court Music (Viet Nam), Arab States: Iraqi Maqam (Iraq), Songs of Sanaa (Yemen). for those interested, the URL is http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=17120&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html or simply go to www.unesco.org and then follow the "intangible heritage" link vedic chanting is at par with Music of the Oriente Brotherhood of Cuba! vedic traditions are among the oldest surviving sophisticated, highly developed traditions, that has music, linguistics, maths, wisdom, spirituality all combined intricately! :-( sudarshan madabushi worked magic with the keyboard on Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 07:13:28AM +0000: > > Dear friends and fellow-"vedadhyAyin-s" of Kuwait, > > Below is a post that appeared in > Srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx yesterday. Reading it will > make us all really proud! The UNESCO has declared the > Chanting of Vedas to be a priceless "intangible > heritage" of the world! > > We as Vedic students, living and working here in a > land outside India, are trying in our own humble way > to learn Vedic chanting. We are indeed blessed! All > the time and effort that we as a group have spent > these past 2/3 years surely have been worthwhile! When > we started, all of us indeed resolved rightly! We must > understand that we have truly gained an "intangible" > wealth of inestimable value... "veda-dhanam"! ... as > even the UNESCO now seems to have recognized and > attests! > > Let us all celebrate! We have every reason to! > > Regards, > dAsan, > Sudarshan > > > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:09:48 -0500 (EST) > > From: "Shaasa A. Ruzicka" > > <amritasyaputra@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: UNESCO Declares Vedic Chanting an > > ?Intangible Heritage of Humanity" > > > > > > UNESCO Declares Vedic Chanting an ?Intangible > > Heritage of Humanity" > > ********************************************* > > > http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rnov2003/11112003/r1111200311.html > > > > PARIS, FRANCE, November 12, 2003: The oral tradition > > of Vedic chanting has been declared an intangible > > heritage of humanity by UNESCO. In a meeting of jury > > members on November 7, 2003, at Paris, Mr. Koichiro > > Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, declared the > > chanting of Vedas in India an outstanding example of > > heritage and form of cultural expressions. The > > proclamation says that in the age of globalization > > and modernization when cultural diversity is under > > pressure, the preservation of oral tradition of > > Vedic chanting, a unique cultural heritage, has > > great significance. > > The jury members included Dr. Richard Kurin, > > Director of the Center for Folklore and Cultural > > Heritage of the Smithsonian Institution (United > > Nations), Mr. Juan Goytisolo, Writer (Spain), Mr. > > Yoshikazu Hasegawa (Japan), Ms. Olive W.M. Lewin. > > Pianist, ethnomusicologist, Director of the Jamaica > > Orchestra for Youth (Jamaica). > > The UNESCO declaration will bring international > > recognition to the excellence of the Vedic chanting > > tradition of India, which has survived for centuries > > encoding the wisdom contained in the Vedas through > > an extraordinary effort of memorization and through > > elaborately worked out mnemonic methods. The purity > > and fail-safe technique devised for Vedic chanting > > in the olden days led to access to one of the > > ancient literatures of humanity in its entirety > > today. > > The Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and > > Culture, took the initiative to put up the > > candidature of the Vedic chanting to UNESCO. A > > presentation was prepared by Indira Gandhi National > > Centre for Arts. The Department has also prepared a > > five-year action plan to safeguard, protect, promote > > and disseminate the oral tradition of Vedas in terms > > of their uniqueness and distinctiveness, encourage > > scholars and practitioners to preserve, revitalize > > and promote their own branch of Vedic recitation as > > the custodians of their own traditions and direct > > the efforts primarily to making the tradition > > survive in its own context. > > -------- > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! 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