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Economic Value Cultural Heritage Assets
Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:49 | Written by Dawit Araya |
  
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Economic Value Cultural Heritage Assets
Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:49 | Written by Dawit Araya |
Last Updated (Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:53) |
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Cultural heritage is the creative expression of human beings in the past that has been passed on to present generation.
The marine bio-diversity in the Red Sea spans from the unicellular phytoplankton seedlings to the enormous wales.
“Heritage is an essential part of the present we live in and of the future we will build.”
In Eritrea, if you are 28, a graduate and a single man, visiting relatives from the village do not ask you whether you have a good job that pays well but rather ask you if you are married.
If you visit the Governor’s Palace in Massawa, the broken statue at the entrance compels you to recall Shelly’s Ozymandias. You cannot fail to bring to mind the traveler, who recounts the story of the long dead monarch, who in his arrogance, boasts of his greatness. In his pride, the monarch brags: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” You must recall these words if you have read Shelly.
Let’s imagine for a moment on the present scenery of the Danakil Depression of Eritrea, the now home to the proud Eritrean Afar language speaking group and home to our human ancestor a million years from present.