Stamps on Nordic World Heritage Sites..

 

 

On 5 May 2011, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) issued a set of six commemorative stamps in denominations of US$ 0.44, US$ 0.98,CHF 0.85, CHF 1.00, € 0.62 and € 0.70 on the theme "World Heritage - Nordic Countries" which includes five Nordic countries plus the Struve Geodetic Arc.

 

Date of Issue : 5 May 2011

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972. The United Nations Postal Administration has chosen five Nordic countries and the Struve geodetic arc for this year's stamp issue.

Permanent Pictorial Cancellations

Tamil Nadu

Permanent Pictorial Postmark – 10 - Saint Tyagaraja - Thiruvaiyaru

Date of Inauguration of PPP - January 20, 1976

Thiruvaiyaru is situated on the banks of the river Kaveri, 13 km from Thanjavur. Thiruvaiyaru is renowned for its association with Saint Thyagaraja, who, along with Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastri, comprises the Trinity of Carnatic music. On the banks of the river is the samadhi of the saint composer and it is here that the greatest music festival in the country takes place annually.

The Thyagaraja Aradhana festival is held in January when most of the leading exponents of Carnatic music come to perform and are watched by thousands of ardent fans of classical music. A huge complex is now under construction at this site to accommodate the large audience that come to the concert in ever increasing numbers every year.

The postmark shows similar musical instruments used by Saint Tyagaraja, the Tanjore-style Tampura and Khartal (an ancient instrument mainly used in devotional songs. It has derived its name from Hindi words ‘kara’ means hand and ‘tala’ means clapping. This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when clapped together.)

: Kasinath R.,Thanjavur

Blog : My Watercraft Philately - http://shipthemegallery.blogspot.com/

World Heritage Day – The cultural heritage of Water

 

 

The International Day for Monuments and Sites, known as the World Heritage Day was created on 18th April, 1982, by ICOMOS and later approved at the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983. This special day offers an opportunity to raise public’s awareness concerning the diversity of the world’s heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it, as well as to draw attention to its vulnerability.

\

2011 Theme: The Cultural Heritage of Water

ICOMOS, the advisory body of UNESCO announced Monday as the World Heritage Day worldwide with this year's theme being Cultural Heritage of Water."

Water is one of the key resources required to sustain life. It has led to the development and generation of significant material culture in the form of items, technology and places.
How to obtain it, how to store it, how to harness its power and conserve it has motivated human endeavour in a myriad of ways. It has also been the catalyst for the development of significant cultural practices which have generated intangible cultural heritage values.

This year, the heritage of water is the underlying theme for the World Heritage Day celebration on April 18. Apart from organising long heritage walks and exhibitions, the people of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, will also explore the subject of water storage methods of the past and how those could still be utilised in the contemporary setting.