US EditionMoroccan Caftan: UNESCO Recognition & Cultural Celebration
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It is a "recognition" for a "living symbol of Moroccan identity," congratulated the Moroccan Ministry of Culture, with the media welcoming a "victory" against Algeria, which also claims its origin.
Morocco has made it possible for UNESCO to recognize caftan as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The decision was taken this Wednesday at the meeting held by the organization in India and which has not been without controversy, because of tensions with the Algerian delegation, which tabled several amendments against the candidacy. Finally, the support of most countries for Rabat, caused the Algerian representation to desist in its attemp…
The Moroccan caftan is already part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Unesco Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage approved on Wednesday the inscription of the Moroccan caftan on its representative list, the result of an intense diplomatic exchange between the delegations of Rabat and Algiers, which was resolved with the withdrawal of the amendments submitted by Algeria. Recognition culminates a process that was marked by…
The Moroccan caftan has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Moroccan media salute a victory in front of Algeria, which also claims its origin.
By Adalberto Agozino The UNESCO recognition of the Moroccan caftan as a cultural heritage of humanity culminates after years of cultural disputes in the Maghreb and reinforces the rise of Moroccan soft power under Mohammed VI Content: In a room full of exhausted delegations and legal advisors compulsively consulting their folders, the UNESCO Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage approved on Wednesday, in New Delhi, the inscription of the Mor…
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