This year all of Spain’s candidatures \u2013 Flamenco, the Mediterranean diet, falconry, the \u2018Canto de Sibilia\u2019 from Majorca and \u2018los Castells\u2019 from Catalonia have been accepted by UNESCO for inclusion in its World Cutlural Heritage list. <\/p>\n
The Mediterranean diet is known to be at least 9000 years old and is not just a healthy way to eat. According to experts it is also art, culture and a way of life. <\/p>\n
The \u2018Canto de sibilia\u2019 from Majorca is still performed in churches in Majorca and in 2003 it was declared to be of special cultural interest by the regional government of Majorca. <\/p>\n
\u2018Los castells\u2019 is a typical tradition in many parts of Catalonia which consists of building human castles. <\/p>\n
The United Arab Emirates, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Korea, Mongolia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Morocco also included falconry on their lists of candidatures for this year’s World Cultural Heritage list. <\/p>\n
The news that Flamenco, has been accepted by UNESCO was greeted by a standing ovation in the Andalucian Flamenco Agency and a number of flamenco artists gathered to celebrate their success. It is the second time that the Spanish government included flamenco as a candidature for UNESCO\u2019s World Cultural Heritage. <\/p>\n
The Minister of Culture said that she was very proud and satisfied that Spain\u2019s cultural heritage has gained UNESCO recognition and said that it put more pressure on governments around the world to commit themselves to preserving culture. <\/p>\n
The president of Andalucia placed a message on Facebook and Twitter \u2018congratulating the whole of Andalucia\u2019 and said that Flamenco was not just ‘part of Andalucia\u2019s heritage but that it formed part of all humanity\u2019s cultural heritage\u2019. <\/p>\n
Depsite the fact that the UNESCO meeting where the final list was compiled took place in Kenya there were no African candidatures this year. However, the Spanish government says that it is committed to encouraging African states to present candidatures next time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year all of Spain’s candidatures \u2013 Flamenco, the Mediterranean diet, falconry, the \u2018Canto de Sibilia\u2019 from Majorca and \u2018los Castells\u2019 from Catalonia have been accepted by UNESCO for inclusion in its World Cutlural Heritage list. The Mediterranean diet is known to be at least 9000 years old and is not just a healthy way to eat. According to experts it is also art, culture and a way of life. The \u2018Canto de sibilia\u2019 from Majorca is still performed in churches in Majorca and in 2003 it was declared to be of special cultural interest by the regional government of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"yoast_head":"\n