Within the framework of the UN Year of Rapprochement of Cultures, a Festival on Cultural Diversity will be organized by the Ministry of Education, Women’s Affairs and Culture in cooperation with the Tonga Tradition Committee and UNESCO. The Festival will be composed of thematic panel discussions on the places of Tongan traditional values, such as respect, consensus, cooperation, and reciprocity in a contemporary context, and challenges they face in terms of religion, governance, environment and education. Performances of students and different communities in Tonga will be presented and workshops on intangible cultural heritage transmission will be organised during the Festival.  

dates: 26-31 July 2010  
location: Nukualofa, Tonga  
contact: Ministry of Education, Women’s Affairs and Culture of Tonga  
www: http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12661&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html