BOLOGNA - It is the author of the recent recognition of Transhumance as a cultural heritage of UNESCO and, before that, of the Hills of Prosecco, the Mediterranean Diet and the art of Neapolitan Pizzaioli. Today, Pier Luigi Petrillo - Italian representative in the UNESCO Committee that evaluates the nominations for Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - received the 'Bologna Award City of Food Master Award 2019 and, in the city of tortellino, he did not shy away from a reflection on the possibility of applying for the recognition of the art of preparing the dough by hand.
A process on which he had focused, when he was still Undersecretary of Culture, Lucia Borgonzoni, today a League candidate in the regional elections of January 26th. "Pasta cannot be a candidate" on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO-humanity, he observed repeating to reporters who asked him for a comment but "what can be is the tradition of the sfogline, which is ancient, is handed down from generation to generation and carries out a precise cultural function for a part of this society ".
Therefore, argued Petrillo, "it is a candidacy consistent with the acknowledgments that Unesco gives, the important thing is that the identity dimension is highlighted: not the finished product, which is completely irrelevant, but the role played by the sheets in the tradition".
The UNESCO exponent, who made it clear that this candidacy would follow a "different path" with respect to that of the arcades of Bologna, recalled that for the sfoglines "some time ago this hypothesis was advanced which does not seem to me a hypothesis. of air, it is a question of writing the dossier well, but here is the element of culture: it is necessary to highlight the fact that preparing this type of pasta represents an identity factor for the families of this city ". On the possibility of joining the Portici candidacy with that of the sfoglines, Petrillo concluded with a "lavorateci".
Unesco: author of the recognition of Transhumance, now the 'sfogline'
2019-12-17T09:29:22.849Z
He is the author of the recent recognition of Transhumance as a cultural heritage of UNESCO and, before that, of the Hills of Prosecco, the Mediterranean Diet and the art of Neapolitan Pizzaioli. Today, Pier Luigi Petrillo - Italian representative in the UNESCO Committee that evaluates the nominations for Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - received the 'Bologna Award City of Food Master Award 2019 and, in the city of tortellino, he did not shy away from a reflection on the possibility of applying for the recognition of the art of preparing the dough by hand. (HANDLE)
