Art and Media

Bamiyan in German Television

Recent activities on the preservation of the Bamyian valley have been documented by German Television (ZDF).

Circus in Bamiyan

MMCC, Mobile Mini Circus for Children, is an international non profit NGO that has been working in Afghanistan since June 2002. Since then, MMCC has performed and made workshops for more than 460,000 children in a large number of provinces throughout Afghanistan.The main objective of MMCC is providing educational and informative entertainment for children. This aim is achieved by identifying, training, and applying the Afghan talents and potentials. The Bamiyan section opened in Winter 2008.

Gandhara Ausstellung in Bonn und Berlin

Gandhara. Das buddhistische Erbe Pakistans. Legenden, Klöster und Paradiese - Ausstellung - Berlin - Martin Gropius Bau - 9. April bis 10. August 2009 Die Ausstellung war vom 21. November 2008 bis 15. März 2009 in der Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle Bonn zu sehen.

Gandhara Ausstellung im Kulturfernsehen

Die buddhistische Kunst Gandharas erscheint dem westlichen Blick seltsam vertraut, ihr westliches Erbe offenkundig. Gandhara bezeichnet eine historische Region im heutigen Pakistan und Afghanistan, die in ihrer Blütezeit von Baktrien über den Hindukusch bis in das zentrale Nordindien verlief. Sie wurde einer größeren Öffentlichkeit bekannt, als die in Fels gehauenen größten Buddhastatuen der Welt in Bamiyan von den Taliban im März 2001 gesprengt wurden.

Tourim in Bamiyan 1970´s - on YouTube

A sequence on the Bamiyan statues from "Adventure in Afghanistan" from Hal, Halla and David Linker's television travelogue series, "The Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderful", circa 1973. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003; it is noted as being a World Heritage Site in Danger. The film clip is from the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution collection of historical moving images.

Short video documentation from ARD about Buddhistic Heritage of Pakistan

Al-Jazeera documentation about Bamiyan on YouTube - 1/2

TV programme broadcasted on Al-Jazeera International on 23 July 2007 describing the current situation in Bamiyan including details on the work of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and UNESCO in their efforts for the preservation of the World Heritage Site Bamiyan

Al-Jazeera documentation about Bamiyan on YouTube - 2/2

TV programme broadcasted on Al Jazeera International on 23 July 2007

Calling all tourists to Bamiyan

BBC News - Saturday, 1 September 2007 By Charles Haviland in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan

Debating the future of Afghan Buddhas

BBC News - Saturday, 25 August 2007 By Charles Haviland in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan

ICOMOS Documentation Center

The UNESCO/ICOMOS Documentation Center has been created to gather, study and disseminate information concerning principles, techniques and policies for the conservation, protection, rehabilitation and enhancement of monuments, groups of buildings and sites. It is located in Parsi (France) and can be accessed online.

Return of artefacts to Kabul Museum

Nearly 1,500 ancient artifacts that were taken out of Afghanistan to save them from destruction and looting have been returned. The items were taken to Kabul's national museum last week from Switzerland, where they have been stored since 1999 in the Afghanistan Museum-in-Exile in Bubendorf.

Afghanistan 1969-1974

Collection of pictures from Dr. Volker Thewalt during his research in Bamiyan in the years 1969-1974

Afghan education project (AEP) Radio programme wins award

The BBC World Service Trust's Afghan education project (AEP)has won a Bronze World Medal for its children’s radio programme, The Ruined Castle, in the Best Children’s/ Young Adults programme category.

Woman of Kabul

Photo Documentary on live of five women at Kabul five years after the fall of the Taliban regime by journalist Paula Lerner

TV Programme on Bamiyan by Al Jazeera International channel

Documentary on present situation in Bamiyan aired by Al Jazeera International

Luke Powells Photo Gallery on Afghanistan

Color photographs from Afghanistan made by Luke Powell and hosted at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

The Afghan Music Project

he Afghan Music Project (AMP) is a mixed media social venture, seeking to raise awareness of Afghan culture through music. All proceeds from the project will fund Afghan music teachers in Kabul who will teach music to Afghan youth, particularly young women. Explore the links below to learn more about the project.

The Giant Buddhas

documentary about the Buddha statues that have been destroyed

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