Comment sauver le patrimoine humain afghan ?R
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Exposé
revu et modifié le 23/6/2008 à Beaucaire
(Gard – France) pour lecture dans lecadre de
Traditions et Histoire afghanes
, série de manifestations organisées par
L’Atelier des Arts Populaires
et
projet d’article
présélectionné par l’Organisation de la Conférence MECA/
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ast and
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sia - Salt Lake City - Utah - Etats-Unis d’Amérique – 2007 – Panel Theme : Methodological Approaches to Regional Studies)
AUTEUR :
Laurent, Jean, Roger
DESSART
(Docteur du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle)Mèl :l-td@hotmail.fr ;laurent@t-sano-lik.com(33(0): -6 81 16 66 15 ; -4 66 81 75 30)
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Remedies to the Human Immaterial Cultural Patrimony Extinction in Afghanistan(MECA Conference Organisation–SLC/Utah/USA– Selected Paper Project–2007–)(English Summary)
Based upon 2007 inquiry, there was, in the scope of Unesco and European institutions,no concerted project proposal concerning the saveguard of Afghanistan traditional arts andhandicrafts. Excepting the fields of official culture, like museums, libraries, gardens, andmodern medias, such as television, radio, film- and video-making, photography and press,nothing is done to prevent the disappearing of afghan popular æsthetics and ways of life.Essentially rural, the afghan ethnical and linguistic immaterial patrimony has survivedafter a quarter of a century of bloody conflicts and political unrest. Carpets, performed byTurkmen, Baluch and Uzbek, jewellery, also led by Turkmen, woodcarving and furniturefrom Nuristan, painted boxes and embroidery, as well as tailoring and truck-painting are themost celebrated traditions in the field of afghan popular art and handicrafts. But there areother activities (perfumery, gastronomy, music, poetry, etc.) in which Afghans cultivate theexcellency. They need to be given opportunities to survive.In the last century’s sixties and seventies, many anthropologists and linguists haveapplied scientific methods to the study of popular culture, including oral tradition. But thistask was never achieved. After the upsettings of the last decades, it became an emergency.Due to the weakness of Afghan average life expectation (40 years), there might never bea future for traditional handicrafts and rural traditions, if the efforts of the internationalcommunities (main donors and actors in the field of
recontruction
) are not involved in thatdirection. For this pupose, it is necessary that scientists coordinate their reflexion to conceivea workable project for Afghan traditional culture preservation.In this brains trust a panel of anthropologists and linguists of foreign origin is necessary.But for programme implementation, security threats implicate the participation of indigens.They are nowodays the only ones to be able to establish safe relations with informers.1