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National Youth Agency: Rhythms of the Year under way

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The National Youth Agency is working with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council on Stories of the World, a project that encourages young people to dig into the past and dust it down as part of London 2012's Cultural Olympiad. Tim Burke looks at one of the projects.

National Museums Northern Ireland is planning an exhibition entitled Rhythms of the Year for 2012 that will look at themes including seasonal cycles and coming of age ceremonies around the world. It has recruited a youth panel to guide its development. New links have been forged with organisations, helping the museums to improve staff skills in youth participation approaches and to reach a new constituency of young people. The first Cultural Olympiad event was an open weekend that included a live dance event with Arts Ekta, a Belfast-based South Indian arts group. A workshop was held with some of the young dancers that included discussions about museum objects.

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