Our language is an important part of our cultural identity.

They are frequently a major aspect of national or cultural identity.

Cultural activities have become increasingly rich and imbued with national identity.

The French Republican model asserts that all French citizens have the same cultural identity.

Another explicit aim was to contribute to the enhancement of a collective cultural identity.

However, there are a number of core cultural features that are common throughout the island, creating a strongly unified Malagasy cultural identity.

This was done as both a process of modernization and of creating a cultural identity.

Those strengths lie in Europe s science base, part of the cultural heritage that shapes European identity.

So politicians either address immigration in the context of border security and cultural identity, or they ignore it.

Through sharing in these cultural experiences, a consciousness sprung forth in the form of a united racial identity.

1.1 States shall protect the existence and the national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective territories and shall encourage conditions for the promotion of that identity

The Puerto Rican people had a rich Hispanic cultural background with a worldwide reputation, wished to preserve their cultural identity and should not be culturally assimilated into the United States.

The existential and social and political impact an artist has on his nation's development of cultural identity is very important.

A stronger European identity is the soundest basis for creating the more multi cultural society that demographers regard as inevitable.

Regional identity, cultural diversity, and traditional arts and customs have been buried under concrete, steel, and glass all over China.

However, as long as Tibet remains part of China, it is hard to see how its distinct cultural identity can survive.

In the United States, a country of huge immigration, communities can bring together a strong cultural identity and a deeply engrained patriotism.

Defending a multi cultural national identity in the face of religious intolerance is thus the great challenge facing Malaysia s state and society.

Note the word territory. The demands were never about normal cultural autonomy as a means of continued identity and supposed self protection.

Indeed, countries should promote their national languages and regional dialects an invaluable cultural patrimony and source of identity in an increasingly globalized world.

Cultural monuments are part both of the history and identity of the communities in Kosovo and of the common heritage of the region.

It urges the State party to respect and protect the existence and cultural identity of all national and ethnic minorities within its territory.

(f) Providing educational services to Palestine refugees in accordance with the needs of the refugees and their identity and cultural heritage and consistent with the standards of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Historically squeezed between its two giant neighbors, China and Japan, South Korea had long been perceived as an underdog with a fuzzy cultural identity.

In Quebec, cultural identity is strong, and many French speaking commentators speak of a culture of Quebec that is distinct from English Canadian culture.

Like any other rights, cultural rights were individual rights individual rights to access and participate in collective forms of identity within a given society.

Deepens awareness of the people's own cultural and religious identity, open to cultivate the experience of faith, and to intercultural and inter religious dialogue.

In Canada, the Dundas Studio Tour 2004 was organized to explore the theme of rice as a symbol of cultural identity and global unity.

Minority group identity requires not only tolerance but a positive attitude towards cultural pluralism on the part of the State and the larger society.

Protection for indigenous peoples' cultural heritage shall recognize that elements of indigenous peoples' cultural heritage are often combinations of many of the elements listed under paragraph 2, and that for most indigenous peoples, their knowledge, resources and cultural expressions form an indivisible part of their holistic identity.

The demands were never about normal cultural autonomy as a means of continued identity and supposed self protection. Only territorial autonomy, it seems, would do.

Consultation to articulate effective mechanisms to protect the rights of all people to maintain their cultural identity, while facilitating their integration into their social environment.

It is not exclusively urban, and it includes people of different cultural origins. It has a powerful common identity, shared memories, and a rich culture.

Every currency union chooses symbols of common cultural values for its coins and notes, and these symbols become part of the sense of shared identity.

Music has traditionally been one of the cultural markers of Italian national and ethnic identity and holds an important position in society and in politics.

When allocating budget funds, particular attention is paid to the activities of national cultural societies, so the members and supporters of such societies are thereby provided with the opportunity to preserve their cultural identity and their own culture.

One exception is geographical Western and Central Europe have indeed experienced a significant decline of religion, which has become an important ingredient of European cultural identity.

In February 2017, Teferi Mekonen, an Oromo singer who asserted Oromo cultural identity and challenge the legitimacy of Ethiopia s ruling party in his songs, was arrested.

Alphabets (Latin or Cyrillic) Languages (Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak) Ethnic identity (free presentation of one's own culture and tradition of one's peoples, in the extent they themselves feel needed) Religious identity (free public manifestation of religious practices, holidays and cultural programmes with religious content).

Protection of elements of indigenous peoples' cultural heritage should last at least as long as the element remains distinctively associated with the indigenous people concerned and continues to be regarded by them as integral to their collective cultural identity.

The pathetic efforts to inculcate a common sense of Britishness or Dutchness in multi cultural societies, however well intentioned, attest to the breakdown of a common identity.

The cultural revival that began in the Abbasid period led to a resurfacing of Iranian national identity, and so earlier attempts of Arabization never succeeded in Iran.

Mr. Fahey (Ireland) said that, while the Government acknowledged that Travellers had a distinct cultural identity, it did not consider them to be a separate ethnic group.

Many recent international instruments use the term identity , which expresses a clear trend towards the protection and promotion of cultural diversity, both internationally and internally within States.

That is where the roots of African culture were sown today they form a proud part of the vibrancy of our cultural heritage and our national identity.