http://www.theage.com.au/world/cuisine-hailed-a-cultural-treasure-20101117-17xkj.html
Cuisine hailed a cultural treasure November 18, 2010 UNESCO has declared French cuisine one of the world's cultural treasures, the first time gastronomy has been added to a list aiming to protect intangible slices of a nation's heritage. Experts from the UN cultural organisation said France's multi-course gastronomic meal, with its rites and its presentation, fulfilled the conditions for featuring on the list. The ''world intangible heritage'' list, which until now numbered 178 cultural practices - including the Royal Ballet of Cambodia and Mexico's Day of the Dead festival - was drawn up under a 2003 convention, now ratified by 132 countries. The UNESCO experts singled out French gastronomy as a ''social custom aimed at celebrating the most important moments in the lives of individuals and groups''. France's ambassador to UNESCO, Catherine Colonna, hailed the inclusion, saying it ''makes a contribution to cultural diversity''. ''The French love getting together to eat and drink well and enjoy good times in such a manner. It is part of our tradition,'' she said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
