World Congress of Ethnic Religions
- World Congress of Ethnic Religions
The World Congress of Ethnic Religions (WCER) was established in June 1998 in Vilnius. Their primary goal is the strengthening of indigenous ethnic religions and to foster religious tolerance [http://www.wcer.org/declaration/index.htm] . Their ninth annual conference was held in Jaipur, India on the 5th-10th of February, [http://www.wcer.org/congress/2006cong.htm 2006] . Their tenth congress was held in various places in Latvia from June 19th to 21st [http://www.wcer.org/congress/2007cong.htm 2007]
Members are mostly European Neopagan organizations, but the WCER is in principle open to organizations from any continent.
In 1999, member organizations were: [http://www.wcer.org/congress/1999cong.htm The 1999 WCER Congress (official document)]
*Romuva [http://www.romuva.lt/index.php?kalba=engl] , Lithuania
*Dievturi, Latvia
*Rodzima Wiara, Poland
*Asatrufelagið, Iceland
*Forn Siðr, Denmark
*Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes [http://www.ysee.gr/index-eng.php] , Greece
*Diipetes, Greece
*Association Domus, France
*Werkgroep Traditie [http://www.traditie.be/english.htm] , Belgium
Member organizations which joined at a later date include:
* Eldaring [http://www.eldaring.de/ eldaring.de] , Germany (2004)
* Foreningen Forn Sed [http://www.forn-sed.no/index.htm] , Norway
* [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Romana_agli_Dèi Movimento Tradizionale Romano] [http://www.saturniatellus.com/] [http://www.lacittadella-mtr.com/] , Italy
* Federazione Pagana, Italy
* Pravoslavya, Ukraine
Congresses::1. Vilnius (1998):2. Telsiai (1999):3. Bradesiai (2000):4. Vilnius (2001), delegates from Vishva Hindu Parishad:5. Vilnius (2002):6. Vilnius (2003) "Global Initiatives for Ethnic Cultures and Religions":7. Athens (2004) "The High Values Of The pre-Christian Ethnic Traditions and Religions":8. Antwerp (2005) "Spirituality and tradition in an anti-traditional world":9. Jaipur (2006) "Spirituality Beyond Religions", in cooperation with the International Centre of Cultural Studies and the World Congress of Elders of Ancient Cultures and Traditions:10. Latvia (2007) "The spirit will see new light in the turn of ages"
References
External links
* [http://www.wcer.org/ WCER official website]
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