{"id":102973,"date":"2017-05-09T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T08:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?post_type=en-post&#038;p=102973"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:01:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T09:01:50","slug":"the-under-the-tower-festival-in-bethany-to-involve-the-entire-community-in-conservation-and-future-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/the-under-the-tower-festival-in-bethany-to-involve-the-entire-community-in-conservation-and-future-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Under the Tower&#8221; festival in Bethany, to involve the entire community in conservation and future development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Who does not know his past, has no future!<\/strong>&#8221; said <strong>Carla Benelli, coordinator of Cultural Projects for the Association Pro Terra Sancta<\/strong>, at the <strong>end of her speech at festival held in Bethany (in <em>Arabic Al-Aizaria<\/em>) on May 1st<\/strong>. The title of the event was: &#8220;Taht Al-Qanatir&#8221;, literally &#8220;Under the Tower&#8221;, referring to the most striking structure in the area of \u200b\u200bthe old town of Bethany, next to the tomb of Lazarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is true in general: those who do not know their past will never really build a future<\/strong>. But it is <strong>even truer for the city of Bethany<\/strong> than from the past &#8211; from its historical, religious and cultural heritage &#8211; can really gain a huge benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That is why the festival, organized by the municipality of Bethany, together with some local youth associations, <\/strong>the Association Pro Terra Sancta and the Mosaic Centre Jericho &#8211; with the support of the NGO Misereor and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) \u2013 had a <strong>great success<\/strong>. Many people <strong>participated to the event: a large part of the local community, associations and small cooperatives of craftsmen<\/strong>, as well as important personalities such as Mayor Musa Al-Shaer, the Jerusalem Minister, the Governor Adnan Al-Husseini, the former Minister of the Local Governemnt, Hussein Al-Araj and the Italian Consul Luigi Mattirolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them stressed the <strong>importance of Bethany in the historical and cultural context of the territory, and thanked the work of the Association Pro Terra Sancta and the Mosaic Centre<\/strong>, which for years have been working for the restoration and conservation of the archaeological site around the Sanctuary of the Custody of the Holy Land. <strong>After the restoration the aim is to offer concrete opportunities for economic and social development, especially for young people and women.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the near future, a tourist path around the tomb of Lazzaro will be created<\/strong>. The place is currently <strong>visited by many pilgrims so the main aim is to create conditions for civil society organizations to give new impetus to economic and cultural activities<\/strong>. A cooperative of women, specialized in craftsmanship, students and professors of the Al-Quds University and educators from the Catholic University of Milan, are involved in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-out-more-about-the-project\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/en\/project\/palestine-bethany-together-to-preserve-the-house-of-lazarus-martha-and-mary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Find out more about the project!<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who does not know his past, has no future!&#8221; said Carla Benelli, coordinator of Cultural Projects for the Association Pro Terra Sancta, at the end of her speech at festival held in Bethany (in Arabic Al-Aizaria) on May 1st. 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