Restore Heritage Beauty with Conservation of Cultural Heritage

Culture means different things to different people. Culture includes the society’s beliefs, customs, values, arts, institutions, etc. Culture is the deciding factor of behavioral patterns of the most people of a specific society. It provides a sense of oneness and belongingness to the members of the particular group. It also allows the members to understand the history of the past generations of the group.

Individuals are extremely glad for their local history, but don’t always express how much they value a place until it is threatened. Since it adds character and uniqueness to an area, heritage is a fundamental in creating a ‘sense of place’ for a community.

Conservation of Cultural Heritage is significant in view of the need for protecting the feeling of oneness and belongingness among the members of a particular cultural group. Cultural heritage includes an array of matters like poetry, traditions, dance forms, songs, rituals etc handed over to the present generation by the forefathers. Its survival is under threat consequent to the busy life pattern and overwhelming social obligations of the present day.

At the centre of any conservation of cultural heritage strategy is a statement of cultural significance, derived from a thorough physical, historical and comparative analysis of the place. Adaptive reuse of heritage structures is a major factor in creating sustainable communities. Heritage buildings add value to regeneration projects, both in terms the economic and environmental advantage of reuse over new build and in adding character to an area. Heritage places can be a potent driver for community action.

Cultural heritage conservation is the basis of preservation of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is the right of the existing and future generations that needs to be protected by the laws of the land. Only through preservation of the cultural heritage the new generation and the coming generations will be able to understand and live according to the standards perceived by our forefathers.

Cultural heritage includes tangible elements of the present culture of a society like building, landscape, monuments, works of art etc. It also includes intangible elements like folklore, language, beliefs, knowledge, traditions, etc. The heritage places are an excellent local educational resource for people of all ages. Finding about the history of a place is a decent way of bringing communities together through a shared understanding of the unique cultural identity heritage places provide to an area.

Cultural heritage of a group of people are unique, beautiful and irreplaceable. The responsibility of preserving the present culture to the future generation is vested in the hands of the present generation. The present generation has to maintain the identity of the people handed over to them by their beloved ancestors and practice the same habits and manners so that no change in the cultural heritage is brought about during their period of life in this world. Conservation of Cultural Heritage can be achieved only by keeping it alive and by following it till the last breath.

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