{"id":8488,"date":"2016-11-19T23:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T23:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2016\/11\/19\/world-heritage-week-begins-in-dimapur\/"},"modified":"2016-11-19T23:43:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T23:43:47","slug":"world-heritage-week-begins-in-dimapur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2016\/11\/19\/world-heritage-week-begins-in-dimapur\/","title":{"rendered":"World Heritage Week begins in Dimapur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u201cWorld Heritage Week\u201d, organized by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Government of India, Guwahati Circle in collaboration with The Global Open University (TGOU), Dimapur, Nagaland, which will be observed from November 19 to 25 begun today at Remains of a Fort, here Friday, with North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) director Dr. Lipokmar Tzudir as the chief guest during the inaugural.<\/span><\/div>\n
In his speech, Dr Tzudir said, World Heritage Week was an important occasion not just for the historical site at the Remains of a Fort, but even for the communities that were residing in Dimapur.<\/div>\n
Talking about the two kinds of heritages which were the tangible and the intangible, he said although the latter sometimes require myths or mythologies to fill up the vacuums and black spaces of some eras, Dr Tzudir added that tangible heritages such as the Remains of a Fort, also known as Rajbari, the historical reconstruction needed physical inputs and remedial reconstructions.<\/div>\n
Dr Tzudir disclosed that the Kacharis, particularly the Dimasa Kacharis, whose illustrious history in the North East region of the country dated back to as early as 10th century BC, was considered one of the earliest recognised tribes in the region and that their influence was of great importance in these parts of the country.<\/div>\n
He said the remains and the remnants that were seen today at the site were somehow disheartening because very less efforts were being made in order to preserve the historical site although the site was declared as a national monument six to seven decades back.<\/div>\n
Dr Tzudir vocally reiterated that more attention was needed to preserve the archaeological site and that the status which was credited to the site required the undivided attention of both the government mechanisms and the general public as well for its preservation.<\/div>\n
He said, thousands of heritage programmes could be conducted at the site but unless the people truly realise and value the importance of history that was present at the site, it would be just a mere exercise.<\/div>\n
He called on the gathered crowd to ponder on what would be their answer to the next generations if they do nothing to preserve their history and ancestral heritages today.<\/div>\n
Dr Tzudir said although the Kachari\u2019s were being regarded as minority community in the state, Dimapur itself was based on accounts of the Dimasa Kachari community including the globally famous Dhansiri river, Padumpukhuri etc. were all names given by them.<\/div>\n
Although half of the Dimapur city which was called the Rajgiri had been reduced to a mere few acres, Dr Tzudir strongly appealed to the people of the state and particularly to the communities residing the Dimapur city to preserve whatever was left with outmost sincerity.<\/div>\n
He disclosed that the Rajbari was also known as the \u201cBrick City\u201d and although the whole city could not be restored, atleast the present site should be reconstructed and the brick fort which once was very famous, should be restored.<\/div>\n
He asked why there were no resource centres, information centres, libraries etc. at the site, why were historians no eager to come and extract the information that were very much alive in the compound. Everyone should ask these questions to themselves, he said.<\/div>\n
Dr Tzudir opined that at least one Kachari festival should be held at the site and for that he requested the Superintending Archaeologist of ASI to look into the matter and take it up to the higher authorities.<\/div>\n
He strongly suggested that befitting contextual policies should be created and that the way of the life of the people should be brought back so that people can see and understand the significant role it plays on the life of the people.<\/div>\n
During the event, ASI, Guwahati Circle, superintending archaeologist-Dr Milan Kumar Chauley gave the welcome address and also gave a brief highlight on the significance of the World Heritage Week.<\/div>\n
TGOU vice chancellor-HN Dutta, who was also the keynote speaker during the event, spoke on the importance of the different types of heritages which plays important roles in determining and preserving history of particular places and people.<\/div>\n
Guest of honours Colonel Vivek and Kachari Tribal Organization of Dimapur president-R Hasnu gave brief speeches during the event.<\/div>\n
Earlier, a \u2018Heritage Walk\u2019 was conducted at the site followed by drawing and essay competition.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cWorld Heritage Week\u201d, organized by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Government of India, Guwahati Circle in collaboration with The Global Open University (TGOU), Dimapur, Nagaland, which will be observed from November 19 to 25 begun today at Remains of a Fort, here Friday, with North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) director Dr. Lipokmar Tzudir […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}