"Our cultural diversity is the common heritage of humanity. It is a source of renewal of ideas and societies, through which we open up to others and craft new ways of thinking. This diversity provides opportunities for peace and sustainable development."
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-day-for-cultural-diversity-for-dialogue-and-development/
This fabulous book celebrates just this: Celia Eddy shows and describes historic and contemporary quilts from all continents. I love it and it is one of the finest books about quilts in my collection, "Quilted Planet" by Celia Eddy, it's "Die Welt der Quilts" in German:
"She smiled.
She was picking up with the rest of her story. She wouldn't say what happened to her with words. She would tell it in the cloth."
Isn't that an idea all quilt-makers from all over the world, female, male, old or young, from whatever century or country they come from, can relate to?
The quote is from: "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd, it's an incredibly beautiful book and quilts play a very important role here.
