FICS applying for UNESCO recognition of "traditional Jacobean hospitality"

[Bradypus]

FICS has started the process of applying for UNESCO recognition of "traditional Jacobean hospitality" as Intangible Cultural Heritage. By this they mean albergues run "by volunteers, in the hostels where it is carried out without profit". Something which they argue is a unique feature of the Caminos in need of protection and preservation.

Piden que la hospitalidad jacobea sea Patrimonio de la Humanidad

Fraternidad Internacional del Camino de Santiago reclama que se proteja a los albergues que practican la acogida tradicional para evitar su desaparición

www.lanuevacronica.com

 

[SabsP]

Thank you!

A worthy entry I believe.

For more info about Intangible Cultural Heritage see this link.

UNESCO - Browse the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of good safeguarding practices

The Committee meets annually to evaluate nominations proposed by States Parties to the 2003 Convention and decide whether or not to inscribe those cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage on the Convention’s Lists. By clicking on the inscribed elements listed below, you can...

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[JabbaPapa]

Great idea, though it's not unique to the Jacobean Ways, but on the Roman ones too, and increasingly the Fátima Ways too (won't count Lourdes, as that has been on a Via Romea since hundreds of years before the Camino even existed, and it's on that too).