The third meeting of the G-20, Culture Working Group started in Hampi, Karnataka
The 3rd G20 Culture Group (CWG) meeting begins from 9th July to 12th July 2023 in Hampi, Karnataka. The G20 is being held under the chairmanship of India's Shri Govind Mohan, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The first two meetings were held in Khajuraho and Bhubaneswar. The two-day deliberations will lead to consensus building on the four subjects proposed under the G-20 under the chairmanship of India.
The 4 priority areas are conservation and restoration of cultural property; harnessing living heritage for a sustainable future; promoting cultural and creative industries and the creative economy; and leveraging digital technologies to preserve and promote culture.
An exhibition titled "Woven Narratives" is being organized as part of the 3rd G20 CWG meeting in Hampi. More than 450 women artisans from the Lambani community will be involved in the effort, who will display around 1300 Lambani embroidery patchworks created by them.
Culture working group
Elaborating more on the topic 'Protection and Restoration of Cultural Property', he said that the UNESCO Convention of 1970 mandates signatory parties to voluntarily return those artifacts belonging to other countries.
A cultural property agreement was signed during the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US and the US is returning 150 artefacts that were smuggled out of India.
