First International Buddhist Art Culture and Literature Festival

The International Buddhist Art, Culture and Literature festival attempts to achieve the goals of cultural understanding and cultural transmission, as encouraged by UNESCO’s policies on intangible and tangible cultural heritage.

The festival is an exercise in cultural democracy, in which cultural
practitioners speak for themselves, with each other, and to the public.

At the heart of the festival is the aspiration to represent collective
cultural, philosophical, artistic and religious knowledge in a grassroots way.

This approach encourages the free and informed participation of tradition bearers who, it is hoped, will play a central role in the shape of the festival’s development and overall outcome.