World Day for Audiovisual Heritage observed on 2021 October 27

Highlights:

• The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed on October 27, every year.
• Audio-visual Heritage Day is observed with the aim of raising general awareness among people related to the need of taking urgent measures.
• The day also acknowledges the significance of audio-visual documents.

• It also brings the priceless heritage of these documents to notice, telling the stories of lives & cultures from across the world.
• The day also sensitize people across the world for conserving and safeguarding valuable audio-visual resources for future generations.
• The world, particularly the younger generation, is going digital in every significant aspect of life.
• Thus, this is significant as it reminds that even though we are moving forward, it is important to carry heritage so that it does not get lost.
• It encourages the preservation of work of professionals against the range of political, technical, social, financial, and other factors that threatens the safeguards of audio-visual heritage.
• The theme highlights that, audio-visual sources provide a window in the form of documentary heritage objects, to the world.
• This day was adopted by the 21st General Conference  of the recommendations, in the year 1980, in a bid to safeguard and preserve the moving images.
• The day was declared by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural organization) on October 27, 2005.