About Culture is Beautiful

‘Culture is Beautiful’ is our annual event featuring our ‘March to End HBA’ and Festival of ‘Culture at the Bombed Out Church’.

‘Honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices happen here in the UK, and are too often wrongly seen as part of a person’s culture. Culture is beautiful, and this event celebrates culture while separating it from abuse.

Why we created this event

This event is part of a campaign highlighting that HBA and harmful practices, including forced marriage, FGM, and conversion ‘therapy’ happen here, and that it is a violation of human rights.

Become a Sponsor for 2026

Sponsoring our Culture is Beautiful event is a chance to align your organisation with an important cause, broaden your reach, and show a clear commitment to championing human rights, inclusion and diversity.

Credit: AB Photography

 

March to End HBA 

March to End HBA is Savera UK’s annual call to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices.

Credit: AB Photography
Credit: AB Photography

Culture at the Bombed Out Church

Culture at the Bombed Out Church is a family-friendly event featuring high-profile speakers and diverse performances, celebrating the beauty of culture while making clear there is no excuse for abuse.

What is ‘honour’-based abuse? 

HBA is a crime or incident that has or may have been committed to protect or defend the ‘honour’ of the family and/or community. The perpetrator or perpetrators feel that the only way to restore family ‘honour’ is to harm or kill. HBA is not a cultural practice. Abuse is never part of culture. Too often, it is wrongly conflated with culture or tradition, when in reality, culture is beautiful. There is no excuse for abuse.