The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) registered 26 elements of tangible and intangible heritage as pure Moroccan heritage this Tuesday.
In the presence of Minister Culture Mehdi Bensaid, the Director-General of ISESCO, and a number of ambassadors and representatives of member states, the registration was announced yesterday, following the organization’s tenth meeting in Rabat.
The committee announced the acceptance of 26 applications from the Heritage Directorate to the Heritage Committee to adopt these elements as Moroccan tangible and intangible heritages.
Morocco has registered a total of 46 heritage elements, in addition to 31 elements in the preliminary list awaiting approval during the next meeting.
The most prominent heritage elements that have been recorded today as a Moroccan heritage with ISESCO, we find the culinary skills and customs related to making the Moroccan couscous, Moroccan culinary art, the arts and skills of the Moroccan caftan, the art of Moroccan Melhoun, Moroccan calligraphy, Instrumental Tarab Music, Ouazzane jellaba making, Fez embroidery, and Wood making and engraving among others.
Other regional specialties and expertise were also included in the list, namely the Moroccan desert tent, the Desert Kadra dance, Tiznit’s silver ornaments, Tafilalet regional music, and women’s singing in Taroudant, Rural women’s pottery, Amghar festivities and the Alaoui dance in the East.
The ICESCO, based in Rabat, is an international organization that emerged from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and specializes in the fields of education, science, culture, and communication in Islamic countries, with an aim of supporting and strengthening the links between the Member States.
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