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The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the City of Caravaca today presented the candidacy of the horses came to the Intangible Heritage of Humanity in the framework of the annual meeting of the National Heritage Council being held in Burgos.
So the city has shifted the Councillor for Tourism and Celebrations, with the president and board components of the Edict of the horses came, with the aim of promoting and defending against the members of the party as worthy of this statement.
The council, composed of representatives of the Administration of State and Minister of Culture of the Autonomous Communities, has heard the presentation of the bid has been made by the Councillor for Tourism, Gonzalo López-Auguy and municipal archivist, Francisco Fernandez who have exposed aspects of the origins and evolution of the horses came.
After the exhibition has designed a visual report showing the characteristic features of the party.
Later, the president of the Heritage Council has congratulated Caravaca, announced his intention to visit the city to see the festivities firsthand.
The Councillor for Tourism has been very satisfied with the results of the exhibition, which has emphasized "the historical roots and its unusual nature, popular, participatory."
Gonzalo López-Auguy stressed that "from the City of Caravaca and working committee formed to fight for the nomination believe that the requirements requested to be an anthropological event unique in the world, maintained throughout the centuries small changes do not alter its essence and that has been passed from generation to generation without written rules and a popular character that should be preserved with the utmost integrity. "
Although his birth predates the existence of the Wine Horses is proven documented over three centuries, coming together in this celebration a series of social, cultural, historical, religious and traditional festive event exceed the simple and turn it into a demonstration anthropological recognized as unique in the world.
Throughout its long history, have suffered various vicissitudes, but the festival has managed to survive all of them adapting to the circumstances and has grown while introducing new elements that has kept its purity and integrity.
The Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage notes that the "intangible cultural heritage includes oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe, and knowledge and techniques related to craft. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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