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Mutual Heritages saving common values and serving common purpose through borders (MUTHER-2)
Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Oct 30, 2013 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project is planned to be a continuation of a running project (MUTHER-CSNB) with regional extension establishing new pillars of mutual heritages of the regions built on the facilities (website, database, etc.) provided.The focus on folk art and crafts through the seminar and workshops highlighted by events (exhibitions, May Fair, bilingual Wedding Feast) will provide a strong pillar integrated into a range of international folk events (Pannonian Fair in Vrbas, Ethno Food Festival in Novi Knezevac, and EU Folklore Festival in Deszk). In Deszk the Serbian community building is being reconstructed (EDUCO-NKD project), therefore the present museum and meeting hall will have to be reorganised with the Memorial Park (MUTHER-CSNB) as open air museum integrated. New equipments for management, storage and display are to be purchased and valuable articles renovated.The open air museum in Tiszasziget developed in MUTHER-CSNB project is planned to be extended by connecting existing sites Achievements: This project was the continuation of the project MUTHER-CSNB: Mutual Heritage in the Cross-Border Region of Csongrád County and North Banat District (HUSRB/0901/212/038), with a regional extension establishing new pillars of the mutual heritages of the region, building on the already existing attractions. The project combined preservation of cultural heritage through the renovation of existing cultural sites and organisation of events which revive and celebrate traditions and customs of the region while intensively promoting them through media outlets, brochures, leaflets and posters. The popular folk festivals and events such as the Ethno Food Festival in Novi Kneževac, the Pannonia Fair and Exhibition in Vrbas, the May Fair Festival in Tiszasziget as well as EU Folklore festival and the Wedding Feast in Deszk attracted thousands of visitors from local communities, the region and the neighbouring countries. In addition to organising popular folk and traditional art festivals, the project partners from Deszk and Vrbas focused on reviving and promoting folk art and traditional crafts through seminars and workshops. The project also emphasised the preservation and renovation of cultural and traditional sites important for maintaining a vibrant community life. The St Archangel Gavrilo Church in Novi Kneževac was renovated and the open air museum in Tiszasziget was enlarged by adding an open air fishery exhibition with an attractive and interesting supplementary programme. In order to diversify the content and functionality of existing communal meeting places the project partners purchased cinema equipment in Novi Kneževac and developed the collection of the Serbian Museum of Bánát in Deszk. This is an exemplary project about how to build and maintain a cross-border network-partnership. Five organisations from two countries joined the partnership and worked on achieving the same objective for almost four years. The project partners succeeded in organising very rich and colourful programmes to preserve their important cultural heritage and encourage multiculturalism in the border region.

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