They begin to prepare the file to apply for Hallaca as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Published at: 21/12/2024 09:25 AM

Last Friday, the Center for Cultural Diversity began preparing the application file for the Venezuelan hallaca as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity before the United Nations Educational Organization (UNESCO).

This was announced by the Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, together with the president of the National Institute of Nutrition (INN), Adriana Urdaneta and the entity's units mobilized throughout Venezuela, and the president of the Center for Cultural Diversity, Benito Irady, at an event that took place in Cuadra Bolívar, in Caracas.

In this regard, Irady said that this process begins with a bibliographic survey and research is addressed in the way in which the word that is eminently Venezuelan is spelled.

He explained that over time there has been a long process of research, links with communities, and the contributions of the INN, noting that they hope to have the file ready by December 2025 and bring it to UNESCO.

For his part, Villegas indicated that with these events, Venezuela values its gastronomic culture, with the elements that give it identity, as well as music and dance. In addition, he recalled that with the approval of the Casabe file, this year, there are ten written cultural manifestations on the lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Mazo News Team