Cultural rights of groups focus on such things as religious and ethnic minorities and indigenous societies that are in danger of disappearing. Cultural rights include a group’s ability to preserve its way of life, such as child rearing, continuation of language, and security of its economic base in the nation, which it is located. The related notion of indigenous intellectual property rights (IPR) has arisen in attempt to conserve each society’s culture base and essentially prevent ethnocide. The cultural rights movement has been popularized because much traditional cultural knowledge has commercial value, like ethno-medicine, cosmetics, cultivated plants, foods, folklore, arts, crafts, songs, dances, costumes, and rituals. Studying ancient cultures may reveal evidence about the history of the human race and shed more light on our origin and successive cultural development. However, the study, sharing and commercialization of such cultural aspects can be hard to achieve without infringing upon the cultural rights of those who are a part of that culture. Cultural rights should be taken into consideration also by local policies. In that sense, the Agenda 21 for culture, the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development, includes as cultural rights as one of the principles and states: “Local governments recognize that cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, taking as their reference the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)”. #kaloclan #homesteadykeiki #alohawillsavetheworld #morning #like #follow #kalowasted #clarklittle #gopro #goprohawaiilife #goproforeal #family #fit #fitness #shredz #fitlife #gainz #bjj #jits #hulaholics

Hookupu is a big part of merrie monarch. This is where i leave my physical and get into the spiritual. This is where I dance for my kupuna, makua, and aumakua. This is where I allow the elements to come in and show themselves theough me. Merrie monarch is a competition. Spirituality isnt a competition to me. Love for my culture isn't a competition to me. Who is more traditional isn't a competition to me. Those arent categories on the score sheet. Getting to dance on that stage is about hard work and making your ohana proud. Its about the people next to you. Its about my kumu with his eyes closed in the back in the zone pa'i 'ing his ipu who doesnt even watch us because he is part of our hula and trusts that we are guided like hokulea in the storm that still finds its way home. Mahalo to our kupuna for hula, it is such a beautiful things that connects Hawaiians on a spiritual level. This one is for the dads of kawailiula who still guides us when even when they arent here in the physical. Aloha ia oe. #papakurt #papamahoe #oldtimers #hulaholics #liulas #kawailiula #hula #hulaislife #like #follow #ohana #ikehawaii #kulanahawaii #culture #fit #fitness #shredz #fitlife #gainz #like