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Heritage value of cassava tradition unites Caribbean countries

Published on: March 30, 2023
15:33

Paris, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Culture Minister Ernesto Villegas praised Thursday the joint work done by five Caribbean countries at UNESCO to seek that tradition of cassava production and consumption be declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Education is a public asset, Cuba said at Global South Summit

Published on: January 14, 2023
09:44

New Delhi, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) Higher education is a social public asset, a human and universal right, and a duty of the State, Cuban Higher Education Minister Jose Ramon Saborido said at the Voice of the Global South Summit here.

Bolivia: Pique a lo macho

Published on: December 19, 2022
00:30

La Paz, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Only five ingredients are necessary to correctly prepare “pique a lo macho,” Ana Quiñones Rojas answered when asked by Orbe.

Traditions from Quito

Published on: December 19, 2022
00:15

Quito, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) December is a month of celebrations worldwide, but far beyond Christmas and New Year’s Eve, in the Ecuadoran capital this is a time for the emblematic “Fiestas de Quito” (Quito's Parties), where culture and tradition flood the streets to mark the city’s anniversary.

Wifredo Lam, influence and perspective of a Cuban painter (+Photos)

Published on: December 8, 2022
13:30

Havana, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) Under the name Lam's perspective, the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center on Tuesday inaugurated a colloquium on the life and work of the most universal of Cuban visual artists.

Spain: The Walker of Baeza

Published on: December 5, 2022
00:45

Madrid, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The road is made by walking (…) Antonio Machado said upon arriving in Baeza at the end of October 1912, with the idea of spending a short time there but ended up teaching French Grammar from 1912 to 1919.

China’s heritage rebirth

Published on: December 4, 2022
01:00

Beijing, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Young people mark new consumption trends, and currently an increasing pushing and interest force in China is the Guochao, a movement that promotes rescuing and including the country's traditional cultural elements initems of daily use.

UNESCO inscribes Syrian oud on World Heritage list

Published on: December 1, 2022
09:17

Damascus, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday to inscribe the crafting and playing of the Lute on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In a communique, the Ministry stated that this achievement occurred during the 17th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), held in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

Cuba praises recognition of rum masters’ knowledge as heritage

Published on: November 30, 2022
11:29

Rabat, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) On Wednesday, Cuba's Ambassador to UNESCO, Yahima Esquivel, and representatives of the Cuban Movement of Masters of Light Rum expressed their gratitude for that UN body inscribing those experts' knowledge in the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Int’l association demands that colonialists return looted items

Published on: November 18, 2022
14:51

Mexico, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) The Mexico office of the Association for the Reparation of Colonialism (ARC), aka "Colonialism Reparation," called for the definitive restitution of the treasures looted by excolonizers from Mexico and other countries.

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