The Heritage Discovery Programme (HDP) is an international Golden Jubilee initiative that facilitates travel and learning, explores heritage and history, and nurtures frontierless brotherhood and ambassadorial skills among young Ismailis.
Participants will be brought together from various parts of the world for a unique intellectual and physical journey, with the aim of enhancing their awareness of the Jamat’s diverse heritage and traditions. It is envisaged that the HDP experience will enable participants to develop a deeper understanding of the Institution of Imamat as well as its historical and contemporary initiatives, including some of the most renowned projects of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Participants will visit diverse Muslim settings wherein the expressive interaction between faith and society, and culture and identity, reinforces the notion of din (faith) and dunya (world) being inseparable. Bridging theoretical learning with field experience, HDP is sure to enhance participants’ personal and intellectual growth.
Launched during the Golden Jubilee year, HDP is envisaged to become an ongoing programme. The first cycle will accommodate up to 140 members of the Ismaili community (also known as the Jamat) globally.
The word “heritage” tends to evoke images of museums, historic sites, traditional architecture and antiquities. But in addition to these, heritage is also a contemporary idea in that, what we build today becomes heritage tomorrow. Hence, through our contemporary work, we are continuously shaping the heritage of future generations. This process, of linking the past to the present and of building for future generations, characterises many of the initiatives of the Ismaili Imamat.
Complete at the official website: http://www.heritagediscoveryprogramme.org/
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