The cultural awareness, creative activities in the various fields of culture, and the cognitive momentum that formed the main title of the Al Jabal Cultural Festival, organized by the Fujairah Social and Cultural Association in cooperation with the Department of Tourism and Antiquities of the Fujairah Government, led to the launch of the “Cultural Sustainability” document with complete conviction and responsible awareness of the Emirates’ creators and intellectuals, of the importance of the stage and its necessities. As a remarkable output from the “Al Jabal” Festival.
This came within the activities of the festival in its third edition, which was held over two days under the slogan “Nature Talk”. The activities of the last day included, in addition to the launch of the cultural sustainability document and its reading to the audience, the launch of the “Mountain Dove”, which represents a message of peace from the Emirates to the world, as well as About planting ghaf trees in the Poets’ Garden to enhance environmental sustainability in the UAE.
Khaled Al-Dhanhani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fujairah Social and Cultural Association, expressed his happiness at the success of the festival, which presented to the public multiple creative activities and activities in a variety of colors and fields of culture within a heritage environment represented by the Fujairah Heritage Village hosting the festival’s activities, which strengthened the connection between the past and the present in a wonderful cultural harmony.
Al-Dhanhani stressed that the festival looked forward to the future by launching the cultural sustainability document. The festival is aware of the challenges of the present and future in light of the rapid global cultural changes, pointing out that cultural sustainability plays a vital role in promoting cultural mobility and preserving cultural heritage from extinction, which contributes to building national identity and cultural excellence, in addition to that cultural sustainability establishes communication between… Different generations contribute to the diversification and enrichment of cultures. Sustainable strategies also work to strengthen the cultural economy and create new job opportunities in multiple fields such as cultural tourism and creative industries.
The “Cultural Sustainability Document” stipulated the commitment of the participants in the Mountain Cultural Festival and all people of culture, thought, literature and art, and the cultural and creative industries, to work hard to achieve and consolidate sustainable cultural development that is consistent with the characteristics of comprehensiveness in its fields, balance in its fields, responsiveness to human needs, and expanding… His perceptions and choices, aspiring to renewal, effectiveness, and healthy interaction with the cultural other, and having a reciprocal relationship with sustainable development, economically, socially, and environmentally.
The document also represents the message of the participants in this cultural forum, which is a conscious commitment to the importance of sustainable culture, and its essential role in building and shaping the awareness of generations, motivating them to be creative and participating in achieving comprehensive and sustainable development linked to societal culture, positive engagement in diverse cultural fields and activities, and making the culture of reading Dialogue, the acquisition of knowledge, and the passion for the arts, museums, theater, literary fields, and cultural aesthetic values are deeply rooted in the souls of emerging and future generations, achieving a lot of individual and collective self-confidence, and mental, cognitive, and emotional satisfaction.
The participants stress the importance of enhancing the role of sustainable culture, as a basic element and a necessary precondition for achieving comprehensive sustainable development, and as a force influencing people’s practices, values, and choices, and the safety of society, and ensuring the presence of key elements in the national identity, language, belief, values, history, and shared heritage.
The participants realize that there are many challenges facing cultural sustainability, in current and future circumstances, and in light of the acceleration of social transformations and revolutions in technology, information and communication, and their effects on the knowledge, values, concepts and behaviors of members of society, and in the general social space. Among these challenges is the need to develop… Cultural industries, protecting and preserving the material and moral heritage, and presenting it to future generations, in a way that enhances the meanings of national belonging and its ties. There are the challenges of globalized culture, and its negative impact on the components and goals of culture, as well as its sustainability.
The participants emphasize the importance of the pioneering and effective role of culture, with its diverse vital fields, in facing challenges, and express their convictions that true sustainable development cannot be achieved in the absence of a sustainable culture, given that the sustainability and improvement of the cultural field provides human life with creative cognitive, psychological, value-based, aesthetic and behavioral energies, and a national memory. And a common civilization.
The document stressed that the state’s care and support for cultural fields, and making them among the development goals and future vision plans, is a guarantee of the sustainability of culture, to be an essential part of the system of the UAE’s present and future, building citizens and citizenship, cognitively and emotionally, and creating a cohesive, safe, open and prosperous society.
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