Our heritage is precious.
People around the World share a common heritage .... and we must celebrate and protect it together... !
The objective of the heritage programme of the NYDT is to create a window of opportunity to school students and teachers to work together on projects.
The history of the World has not been written fully. There are still so many pieces missing.
We are trying to find all the pieces of the History Puzzle and put it together. We are - therefore - Designing the Future of the Past.
For that reason our main project is titled: The Time Detectives.
Our students are looking for clues to solve the Puzzle of History, exactly like detectives do when they want to solve a crime.
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Memories, the Bridge of Time
Eternity
.. Through The Mists of Time
in this beautiful land
.
with its dense bush
beautiful flowers
sand dunes
rivers deep
mountains high
birds soaring high above
fast, swift antelopes
the elephant, the buffalo, the lion,
the people of Now and Then
All Kings of Africa
This we see,
Now. Today.
In our memories we will live together
. but
there is a forgotten world
The World of The Past
The book of ancient times is closed
bones and stones
boxes on shelves
glass windows
tell ancient tales
the story of how the people of This Land Africa lived, loved and died
long ago
Memories tell the story of Past Worlds
The are many memories
for us to find
Let the microchip
tell the story
of the ancient stone chip
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The eyes of God watched us
. as we lived Through the Ages
We see The Time That Is Now,
we can not see The Future
without memories we can not see the future
memories will tell it to our children
Our children will be The Messengers of Our Future
Let memories tell the story of The People of Earth
people who lived in different time, but with one destiny
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Out of the darkness of the past
. comes the bright light of the future
Memories are the light that will show the past
The ancient ones
they do not know us
we do not know them
They lived and loved and died
They became one with Our Earth
The children must have memories to build their future
the memories of the past are the Bridge to their Future
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Choir:
[Choir]
A re opeleng
A re ba opeleng ka dipina le Mmino
A bantu ba kudala
A re gopoleng bao ba neng ba dirisa
didiriswa tsa matlapa, dithobane le marumo go tsoma
le go tswelela mo botshelong
[Choir in English]
Let us remember
Let us sing together
Let us praise those who
with tools from stone and wooden spears
. shaped our destiny
[Choir in Afrikaans]
Laat ons onthou
Laat ons saamsing
Laat ons sing oor hulle wie
met klip en spies
. ons toekoms gevorm het
Memories are the Bridge of Time
Through the Mists of Time
... Through the Mists of Time
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