इतिहासामध्ये विखुरलेले आणि तंझानिया किना on्यावर मसाल्यांचा सुगंध झांझिबार हे एक सुप्रसिद्ध पर्यटन स्थळ आहे. बेटे, मात्र, एक कमी ज्ञात बाजू आहे – त्यांचे पवित्र ग्रूव्ह.

या ग्रूव्हस संबंधित, दोन्ही निसर्गात श्रीमंत आणि सांस्कृतिकदृष्ट्या मूल्यवान आहेत, त्यांचे नुकसान व दुर्लक्ष होत आहे, ग्रामस्थ नेते, traditional elders and young people recently teamed up with local and international organisations to document their oral history and plan for their better care.

Using a technique called participatory video (पी) members of Jambiani and Paje villages on the South East Coast of Zanzibar Island formed two film crews, each to record different aspects of some of their Groves. The training was given by Mwambao Coastal Community Network, a Tanzanian organisation based in Zanzibar. “There was quite a ‘buzz’ in the training workshop” said Mwambao Country Coordinator, Hajj Hajj, “The teams were very keen to learn about the equipment and keen to get going to make their own films”.

Ali Mtumwa Hassan the village custodian responsible for all sacred sites; “There are 32 ancestral sacred sites, several of which are forest groves in our village of Jambiani and 38 sacred sites in the sea”.

"Paje गावात वन अशेरा देवी यांची उपासना आहे, लेणी आणि पवित्र आहेत खुल्या भागात. संरक्षक कुटुंब आहेत, एक

father finds his son to take over. संरक्षक साइटवर उपासक मार्गदर्शन, तो मार्ग उघडते, the women cook offerings and clean the path and the children follow” said Mzee (elder) Ame Haji.

Despite the very long history of the sacred groves things are now different. Hassan Ali Haji of Shotele sacred cave complained “things have changed a lot and the protection of the sites is a challenge. तरुण लोक परंपरा आदर नाही, मोठा झाडे अनेक नष्ट. पर्यटक येऊन आमचे लेणी यात जा आणि आम्ही कोणत्याही प्रकारे फायदा नाही आणि एक रस्ता जे सोपे लेणी "पोहोचण्याचा करते कापलेल्या.

Hoping that the participatory video will increase interest and knowledge of the groves Mzee Ame Haji commented “We have made these films to record the traditions of our villages. We have interviewed those from Paje and Jambiani and we would like to inform neighbouring villages and all of Zanzibar so that we can save our ancestral sacred sites and sacred groves”

The work is part of a wider programme to support sacred groves on Zanzibar. The ZAZOSO the Zanzibar Zoological Society, who took part in the video training is working with communities to record the cultural values and ecology of the groves and assist community members to plan conservation activities. The support to the Zanzibar communities came from a collaboration of different organisations, including The Christensen Fund, न्यू इंग्लंड Biolabs फाउंडेशन, Terralingua, and the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative SNSI. SNSI is an initiative of the IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas (CSVPA). Terralingua is a charity based in the USA and Canada working for the conservation of biocultural diversity.

अधिक माहितीसाठी संपर्क:

पवित्र नैसर्गिक साइट पुढाकार: info@sacrednaturalsites.org

Mwambao Coastal Community Network

Terralingua

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