ANABTA, May 24, 2018 (WAFA) – With support from the European Union (EU), the Women‘s House Development Center in the northern West Bank town of Anabta launched its “Preservation of Cultural Heritage from extinction" project, according to an EU press release.

In Palestinian rural areas, people use particular songs for each occasion. Unfortunately, these songs are threatened to disappear because of the lack of any recordings or knowledge among the young generation. However, these songs constitute an important part of culture and civilization for Palestinians.

The idea behind the “Preservation of Cultural Heritage from extinction" project is to try to recover and preserve those old traditional songs from Palestine with the support of the European Union, said the press release.

To do so, the Women´s House Development Center trained a group of six young women in order to prepare them for the research, interviewing and collection of data.

Women House Development Center works with two different categories of women: young and elderly women. The women house is a free and suitable space for them. It has a cafeteria, a computer room, a gymnasium and a space for handicraft works.

M.K.