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THE ARTISANAL TECHNIQUES ARE JOINED ON THE LIST BY THE BEAR FESTIVITIES OF PYRENEAN VILLAGES IN FRANCE AND ANDORRA Unesco has recognised the artisanal savoir-faire involved in producing
French baguettes by adding the practice to its list of intangible cultural heritage. >Ā š“Ā BREAKING >Ā >Ā NewĀ inscriptionĀ onĀ theĀ #IntangibleHeritageĀ List:Ā ArtisanalĀ know-how >Ā andĀ
cultureĀ ofĀ baguetteĀ bread. >Ā >Ā BravoĀ #FranceĀ š«š·! >Ā >Ā ā¹ļøĀ https://t.co/n5nd2IfvLJĀ #LivingHeritage >Ā pic.twitter.com/MINHjuVffK >Ā āĀ UNESCOĀ šļøĀ #EducationĀ #SciencesĀ #CultureĀ
šŗš³Ā (@UNESCO) >Ā NovemberĀ 30,Ā 2022 Baguette-making joins other cultural techniques and customs including the Japanese Furyu-odori ritual dances, the light rum masters of Cuba, and
traditional tea processing methods in China. Another tradition linked to France which has been recognised by Unesco this year are the bear festivities in the Pyrenees, which take place every
winter across five villages in France and Andorra. During the event, young men dress up as bears and run through the streets trying to catch participants. The festivities are punctuated by
dances, speeches in Catalan and music. >Ā š“Ā BREAKING >Ā >Ā NewĀ inscriptionĀ onĀ theĀ #IntangibleHeritageĀ List:Ā BearĀ festivitiesĀ in >Ā theĀ Pyrenees. >Ā >Ā CongratulationsĀ #AndorraĀ
š¦š©Ā andĀ #FranceĀ š«š·! >Ā >Ā ā¹ļøĀ https://t.co/n5nd2IfvLJĀ #LivingHeritage >Ā pic.twitter.com/mOA5rbfTSA >Ā āĀ UNESCOĀ šļøĀ #EducationĀ #SciencesĀ #CultureĀ šŗš³Ā (@UNESCO) >Ā NovemberĀ 29,Ā 2022
Other French traditions honoured by the status include Aubusson tapestry-making ā which was added in 2009 ā the āgastronomic meal of the Frenchā and the Breton traditional festival Fest Noz,
which involves dancing and acoustic music, and was added in 2012. The decision was announced this morning (November 30) on Twitter. WHAT IS INTANGIBLE HERITAGE? Unescoās intangible heritage
list honours āliving cultureā in which ācommunitiesā are represented rather than objects, Unescoās Ernesto Ottone told AFP. In this way, the intangible heritage can belong simultaneously to
several countries. The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was adopted in 2003, and is dedicated to safeguarding these āhuman treasuresā. There are currently
530 practices on the list, including 72 needing urgent protection. "Intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and
groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural
diversity and human creativity," the convention states. Unescoās cultural heritage committee has been studying 56 proposed additions to its intangible heritage list since Monday, during
meetings in Morocco. Alongside baguettes, the committee has been considering the _fĆŖtes foraines _(travelling funfairs) of France and Belgium and the culture surrounding them. A few hours
before it was announced the positive decision for baguette-making, Dominique Anract, the president of the ConfĆ©dĆ©ration nationale de la boulangerie-pĆ¢tisserie franƧaise said that he was
āvery optimisticā about the result. He had previously said that honouring baguette-making practices would ālend an international dimension to the baguette [...] It could therefore show young
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