【英语翻译ThelivingTreasuresProgramoriginatedinSantaFe,NewMexicointheUSAin1984andhasnowspreadtodozensofothercommunitiesacrossthecountry.ItstartedwhenaSantaFeorganizationcalledtheNetworkfortheCommonGoodwasesta】
英语翻译
ThelivingTreasuresProgramoriginatedinSantaFe,NewMexicointheUSAin1984andhasnowspreadtodozensofothercommunitiesacrossthecountry.
ItstartedwhenaSantaFeorganizationcalledtheNetworkfortheCommonGoodwasestablished.Theideawastocelebratethelivesofmembersoftheoldergeneration.―OlderpeopleareeasilyforgottenorignoredinacountryliketheUSA,‖saidRobinRodar,oneoftheorganizers.―Youthandnewthingsseemmoreimportanttoalotofpeople.‖
Thisisn‘tthewaywithothercultures.InNewMexico,olderpeoplefromHispanicandnativeAmericanculturespreservetheirtraditionsandlanguages.Theextendedfamilyisimportantandgrandparentsarerespected.ThisisalsotrueinAsiancultures.Infact,theSantaFeorganizersgottheideafortheLivingTreasuresProgramfromaJapanesetraditionofhonouringfolkartists.
Twiceayear,inspringandautumn,theprogram
honoursthreeolderNewMexicans.Theyareaskedtogivealonginterview–anoralhistory–whichistapedandpreservedattheSantaFePublicLibrary.Aphotographerspendsadaywitheachlivingtreasureandthephotographsarealsodisplayedatthelibrary.
Thenthereisaceremonytowhichthewholetownisinvited.EveryonemeetsattheMuseumofInternationalFolkArt.Friendsandneighborsofthelivingtreasuresgiveaspeech.―It‘sjustamazing,‖saidRobinRodar‘shusband,Sam.―Theceremonyholdsthecommunitytogether.‖
Thelivingtreasuresarehonouredfortheirachievementsinmanydifferentareasoflife.Itmightbeintheirworkinglife:medicine,education,theenvironment,architecture,literatureandjournalism;anditmightbebecauseoftheircontributiontotheculturalandsociallifeofthearea:art,music,theatre,farming,sportetc.;oritmightbebecausetheyhavesuchgoodstoriestotellabout―theolddays‖