Preservation of the cultural rights of indigenous peoples

Abstract

A culture varies and constitutes a scheme of values ​​influenced by the internal dynamics and the relationships that this culture maintains with other cultures. Cultures change even in societies located in the most absolute isolation. Culture, as Fasheh (2007) indicates, is a river undergoing permanent change. Culture is a process that involves a project for the future, continually coupling and reinventing itself, referring to innovation, creativity and receptivity to new cultural forms and relationships. It is necessary to protect material and immaterial expressions and cultural identity as the element on which more harmonious and plural societies are built. It is a right with dimensions for the identity of the human being, and its access provides a series of options that are decisive in their lives. “Everyone has the right to freely take part in the cultural life of the community (…)” (UDHR, article 27).