Ti

tl
e:Thr
eadsofHer
it
age:
Recl
aimi
ngLostCul
tur
e

[
INTRO]

[
Sof
tandhaunt
ingmusi
cpl
ayi
ng]

Scene:
Foot
ageofdi
ver
secul
tur
all
andmar
ksandt
radi
ti
onal
pract
ices.

Nar
rat
or:
Inar apidlyev
olvi
ngworl
d,thethreadsofourcultur
alher
it
ageareatri
skofunr
avel
i
ng.
I
nthi
sshortdocument ary
,wedelv
ei nt
othepr ofoundimpactofl
osingcul
tur
eandthe
i
mport
anceofr eclai
mingourr
ichtapestr
yoft r
aditi
ons.

[
ACT1:
ATapest
ryofI
dent
it
y]

Scene:
Mont
ageofv
ibr
antcul
tur
alf
est
ival
sandcer
emoni
es.

Narrator
:Cul
tur
eisthefabri
cthatweavestoget
herthecol
l
ecti
vei
denti
tyofacommunit
y.I
t
encompassesourlanguage,cust
oms,art
,music,andtr
adi
ti
onspasseddownthr
ough
generati
ons.

Scene:
Int
erv
iewswi
thi
ndi
vi
dual
sshar
ingt
hei
rper
sonal
connect
iont
othei
rcul
tur
e.

I
nter
viewee1:Mycult
uredef
ineswhoIam.I
tgi
vesmeasenseofbel
ongi
ng,
connect
ingmet
o
myrootsandancest
ors.

Int
erv
iewee2:
Ourtr
adi
ti
onalpr
acti
ceshol
dprof
oundwi
sdom andv
aluest
hatshapeourmor
al
compassandgui
deouri
nter
acti
onswit
htheworl
d.

Nar
rat
or:
Losi
ngcul
tur
emeansl
osi
ngani
ntegr
alpar
tofour
sel
ves,
sev
eri
ngt
hebondst
hat
connectust
oourhi
stor
yandher
it
age.

[
ACT2:
Fadi
ngTr
adi
ti
ons]

Scene:
Foot
ageofdi
l
api
dat
edcul
tur
alsi
tesandnegl
ect
edt
radi
ti
onal
pract
ices.

Narr
ator:Astheworl
dembracesgl
obal
i
zat
ionandmoder
nizat
ion,
age-
oldt
radi
ti
onsf
acet
he
r
iskoffadingint
oobscur
it
y.

Scene:
Int
erv
iewswi
thi
ndi
vi
dual
sexpr
essi
ngconcer
naboutt
hel
ossofcul
tur
alpr
act
ices.

I
nter
viewee3:
Itsaddensmetoseeourt
radi
ti
onal
craf
tsandski
l
lsbei
ngf
orgot
ten.Theyhol
d
t
heessenceofourcult
ureandcr
aft
smanshi
p.

I
nter
viewee4:
Theerosi
onofourl
anguagemeansl
osi
ngt
henuancesofcommuni
cat
ionand
t
hewisdom embeddedi
nourwords.

Nar
rator:Negl
ectandlackofappreci
ati
onf
orourcul
tur
alher
it
agepav
ethewayf
ort
heer
osi
on
ofi
nvaluabl
etreasur
esthatdef
inewhowear e.

[
ACT3:
Preser
vingt
hePast
]

Scene:
Foot
ageofi
ndi
vi
dual
sengagedi
ncul
tur
alpr
eser
vat
ionact
ivi
ti
es.

Narr
ator
: Despi
tethechall
enges,ther
ear
eindi
vi
dual
sandcommuni
ti
esdedi
cat
edt
opr
eser
ving
andrevi
tali
zi
ngtheircul
tur
alheri
tage.

Scene:
Int
erv
iewswi
thcul
tur
alact
ivi
stsandpr
eser
vat
ioni
sts.
I
nterv
iewee5:Ourcul
tur
alher
it
ageisapr
eci
ousl
egacythatwemustsaf
eguar
dforf
utur
e
gener
ati
ons.Wedocument,ar
chiv
e,andr
evi
vef
orgot
tentradi
ti
ons.

Int
ervi
ewee6:Educati
onplay
sacr uci
alrol
e.Byteachi
ngyoungergenerat
ionsaboutour
customsandpracti
ces,weensur
et hecont
inui
tyofourcul
tur
alident
it
y.

Narr
ator
:Thr
oughconcer
tedeff
ort
s,t
heseguar
diansofcul
tur
ear
ereki
ndl
i
ngt
hef
lameofour
t
radi
ti
ons,br
eat
hingl
if
eintowhatwasoncel
ost.

[
ACT4:
ThePowerofCul
tur
alRev
ival
]

Scene:
Foot
ageofv
ibr
antcul
tur
alf
est
ival
sandcel
ebr
ati
ons.

Narrat
or:
Cult
ural
rev
ivalisapower
ful
for
ce,
bri
ngi
ngcommuni
ti
est
oget
herandr
eigni
ti
nga
senseofpri
deandbelonging.

Scene:
Int
erv
iewswi
thi
ndi
vi
dual
sref
lect
ingont
hei
mpactofcul
tur
alr
evi
val
.

I
nter
viewee7:Therev
ivalofourcul
tur
alpr
acti
ceshasinf
usednewlif
eint
oourcommuni
ty.I
t
hasbroughtuscl
oser
,foster
ingasenseofuni
tyandsharedpur
pose.

I
nter
viewee8:Byembraci
ngourcul
tur
alheri
tage,
wearenotonl
yhonor
ingourancest
orsbut
al
sonurtur
ingourownwell
-bei
ngandconnecti
ontot
heworldar
oundus.

Narr
ator
:Reclaimi
ngourl
ostcultur
eisanactofr
esi
l
ience,
atest
amentt
othepowerofi
dent
it
y
andthepreserv
ati
onofourcol
lecti
vememory.

[
CONCLUSI
ON]

[
Inspi
ri
ngandupl
i
fti
ngmusi
cpl
ayi
ng]
Scene:
Mont
ageofi
ndi
vi
dual
spr
oudl
yembr
aci
ngt
hei
rcul
tur
e.

Narr
ator
:Asweconcl udeourjourney
,letusremembert
hatt
hepr
eser
vat
ionofcul
tur
eisan
ongoi
ngresponsi
bil
i
tythatrestsuponallofus.

Scene:
Foot
ageofdi
ver
secul
tur
alpr
act
icesi
nter
twi
ning.

Narr
ator
:Letusweaveatapest
ryofdi
ver
sit
y,wher
eev
eryt
hreadofcul
tur
eisv
alued,
cel
ebr
ated,
andpassedonforgener
ati
ons