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“Celebration of Our Living Culture”

“What moments in your life do you enjoy most? Which scene in your life do you want to pass onto the future?
What is the environment like in which you grew up?  Who passed down to you what you are proud of now?
What do you expect the world to be by the end of the next decade or century? 
What do you think the people of the world will value the most then?
Photographs taken with your own hands and letters written in your own words.
Why not send them to us as a message for all those who live on this planet and for future generations?
Let us celebrate your cherished moment and your culture which you wish to pass on to our shared future.”

“Please lend your camera to your family, friends, and those whom you love, and show them how to photograph.
Please help those who cannot read and write, young and old, to create a message.
We are looking forward to your joining us in rediscovering the wisdom, technique and spirit that have been nurtured and passed down in nature and between people, to make a better tomorrow with diverse culture.”

ACCU was organising the ACCU Photo Contest in Asia and the Pacific from 1976 to 2002. ACCU received 141,544 entries in total in those 26 years, and has organised international traveling photo exhibitions approximately 200 times. The present contest and the traveling exhibition, in a new framework, is planned to contribute to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD: 2005-2014).

Theme

“Celebration of Our Living Culture”
Look around and find something you wish to pass along to the future - in your family, community or country.  As each entry, we call for a photograph of people who transmit living culture, together with a text in your own words.
Please try to depict people who are engaged in traditional music, theatre and dance, folklore and legend, social practices, rituals and festive events, traditional handicrafts such as wood carving, dyeing and weaving, and cultural spaces such as those for prayers, rituals and gatherings. 
Please select some part of your valuable culture which has been nurtured in nature, and passed from people to people, hand to hand and heart to heart, in other words “Living Heritage” around you, and those people who pass along such living culture, in a spontaneous and natural scene.
Photographs which depict solely tangible cultural heritage, e.g. historical buildings and archeological sites, will not be acceptable.

ACCU plans to organise the following contests.
Letters to Tomorrow 2009: “Water and Life on PLANET EARTH”
Letters to Tomorrow 2011: “Joy of Learning and Communicating”

Closing Date

Entries must reach ACCU no later than Saturday, 5 January 2008 15 February 2008.

All correspondence concerning the contest should be addressed to:

ESD Photo Message Contest Secretariat
Education Division
Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU)
6 Fukuromachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8484 JAPAN
Tel: +81-(0)3-3269-4559  Fax: +81-(0)3-3269-4510
E-mail:esd@accu.or.jp

Any details find it out here

A PDF version of the poster is available. To get the poster, please download it from below. Poster download (860KB)

Reminder of the upcoming events

1. Film
The Weekend Japanese Film Show 15 (Sat) December 2007, “BU∙SU” at 4:30pm
Visit http://www.jfkl.org.my/shows/film_body.php?id=80 for more details.The film will be screened:
at Mini Auditorium, Malaysia Tourism Centre
Admission Free

2. Exhibition
The 11th Asian Cartoon Exhibition – “Asian Youth Culture” Johor Bahru
Duration: 18 – 23 December 2007
Venue: Jaya Jusco Tebrau Bay
Tel: 07-352 2220
Admission: FREE

Terengganu
Duration: 27 December 2007 – 7 January 2008
Venue: Terengganu State Library Corporate
Tel: 09-622 1100 / 622 0052
Admission: FREEVisit http://www.jfkl.org.my/events/event_body.php?id=149 for more details.

The World of Kokeshi Dolls ExhibitionIn this exhibition, we showcase various Kokeshis from traditional to contemporary together with the manufacturing process. Some other traditional wooden toys will also be exhibited.

Duration: 6 November – 28 December 2007
Venue: Gallery, The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
           Suite 30.01, Level 30, Menara Citibank 
165, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours: [Mon] 10:30am - 4:30pm
                        [Tue - Fri] 10:30am - 6:30pm
                        [Sat] 10:00am - 6:00pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
Admission: Free
Inquiry: 03-2161 2104

so  if you have any free time, just take a visit there!