UNESCO opens Latin America and Caribbean Cultural Week

Paris, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), opened the 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Week, a region recognized for its cultural richness, at the organization's headquarters on Tuesday.

June 20, 2023
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What better place than UNESCO to celebrate this diversity, to pay tribute to the region’s intangible heritage in the context of the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Azoulay said in Paris.

The UNESCO official defined Latin America and Caribbean richness as a heritage to sing, dance, taste, and drink.

She mentioned Colombian vallenato music, Argentine tango, Mexican mariachi, and Cuban rum among the rich identity elements.

Azoulay also considered Latin American and Caribbean Week at UNESCO a space for recognizing indigenous peoples, their traditions, and their languages.

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