A presentation by Mark Abouzeid to the students of the International School of Florence. He introduces the importance of culture, to Wadi Rum reserve in Jordan and to the Zalabieh Tribe.

1. Introduction to the Bedouin Heritage
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2. Introduction to the BHP
The Hunting Party, a parable
What is Culture?
The Zelabieh Tribe of Wadi Rum
A Culture at Risk
BHP, safeguarding the bedu traditions
The elderly are the book of the young.
a bedouin proverb
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3. The hunting party
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4. Desert camp
Bedouin chicken, songs of love and a parable
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5. The three lessons, a parable
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6. Lesson 1
Don’t ask questions about nor judge something that is not
specifically related to you.
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7. Lesson 2
Never sleep in a Wadi, even in the dry season.
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8. Lesson 3
Never take action on an issue you are undecided before
sleeping on it, first.
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9. Cultural Heritage
Teaching, entertaining and remembering
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10. What is Culture?
Culture is a system of building identity
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11. What is
Cultural Heritage?
What remains from the past
To help us in the present
and guide us into the future.
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12. Ok, then what is
Intangible Cultural
Heritage?!
Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices,
representations, expressions, knowledge, skills –
as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and
cultural spaces associated therewith – that
communities, groups and, in some cases,
individuals recognize as part of their cultural
heritage.
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13. Why should we care?
“the bulk of the world’s current problems stem from a
detachment from traditional cultures and that this
culture, knowledge and experience must be protected
at all costs. It is the only hope for sustainability in tribal
cultures while allowing modern development.”
UNESCO 2009
The elderly are the book of the young.
a bedouin proverb
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14. The unique cultural space of the Zelabieh tribe of Wadi Rum.
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15. A culture ruled by its environs
Shade and water . . . two essentials for survival.
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16. dependent on it
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17. taught by it
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18. defined by it
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19. and in love with it
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20. a culture very much at risk
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21. from mass tourism
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22. sedentarism
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23. modern convenience
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24. political forces
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25. The Bedouin
Heritage Project
Building Bridges...
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26. Sustainable Cultural Tourism
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27. Animal Traditional Cultural Desert
Husbandry Medicine Heritage Environment
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28. Working together
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29. learning, teaching & sharing
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30. The Belgian Ministry of Culture
The NIF Foundation
MAPg
Bedouin Roads
Desert Experience
Jordan Tracks
thank you and the BHP sponsors
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