Yesterday, finally after two years, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO) has just named the Patios (courtyards) of Córdoba “Intangible and Cultural Heritage of Humanity”.
The Andalusian tradition of that city where the locals celebrate the spring by opening their homes flowering.
The Andalusian ritual, which dates back to Roman times, earned his entry into the list of the UNESCO on the second attempt, after the application was rejected on last year.
The group had recommended assessment prior registration of that celebration, which opened to the public neighbors patios and balconies adorned with potted flowering for 12 days to ceThe group had recommended assessment prior registration of that celebration, which opened to the public neighbors patios and balconies adorned with potted flowering for 12 days to celebrate the arrival of spring.
Unesco experts explained to the committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Paris, that "gaps and ambiguities" that led them last year to reject the bid "have been fully covered" and recommended enrollment.
The committee accepted the proposal without objection, an endorsement "blunt" which held the Spanish delegation, which also highlighted the fact that the patios are "a manifestation that seamlessly integrates tangible and intangible heritage."
The deputy mayor of the municipality Andalusian, Rafael Navas, thanked to the registration committee of the courtyards and shifted especially successful bid to "community", which is what makes it possible to continue to enjoy that tradition.
The presidents of the Association of Friends of the patios, Miguel Angel Roldan, and Carnations and Gitanillas Association, Leonor Perez Camorra, Efe indicated that the inscription on the Unesco list represents the "culmination" of the awards received by Andalusian feast that popular.
The party of the courtyards of Cordoba, which is a ritual institutionalized in 1933 through a contest to add value to an ancient practice that began in the Roman houses and resumed later by the Arabs, and obtained a degree similar to that which eighties from the historic center of the city, classified as world heritage.
The income of the courtyards in the prestigious Unesco lists adds to the recognition granted to the institution in the eighties of the last century to Cordoba, a city especially famous for its mosque, whose historic center is listed as a World Heritage Site.
The courtyards of Cordoba spent in growing a list that already included twelve traditions alive among them Spanish have flamenco, the mystery of Elche, the Silbo Gomero or castles, as well as the Mediterranean diet and falconry, the latter two shared with other countries.
UNESCO defines intangible cultural heritage as one that "refers to the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and expertise handed down from generation to generation within a community, created to transform (...) the interaction between nature and history. ".
The next event for those who want to know the tradition which aspires to become a World Heritage Site will be among the next December 19 and January 4, under the rubric of "Christmas in the courtyards of Cordoba".
The last May – 11, 2011, I showed you a post talking about the Patios in Cordoba, named “Los Patios Cordobeses”; now, I show you it again:
http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/luislopezcortijo/5528/los-patios-cordobeses.aspx
I feel proud myself, cause of to have been born in Andalusia, like the people who care their famous Patios of Cordoba.
Kind regards,
Luis.
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