Victory for Venezuela! UNESCO declared Joropo as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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Published at: 09/12/2025 10:34 AM
Through his Telegram channel, the Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, reported that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the Venezuelan joropo as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
“Victory for Venezuela! Minutes ago,
UNESCO, through the Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, which is meeting in India, just approved
without objection and unanimously the candidacy presented by Venezuela
nominating the Venezuelan Joropo as Cultural Heritage of Humanity,” said Villegas.
He recalled that the file, which includes the
different varieties of the joropo in Venezuela, was prepared on the instructions of the
President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro and presented to UNESCO in 2023.
“I call on all the Venezuelan people to celebrate this well-deserved cultural victory in every corner of the country, especially artists, cultors and creators. The Joropo is Venezuela. Long live Venezuela, my dear Homeland!” , he said.
Mazo News Team