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The Heritage Council approved at its meeting today the nomination of the party of 'The Wine Horses' in Caravaca de la Cruz for inscription on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Unesco granted.
With the approval of the application will send the complete dossier to the Ministry of Culture for submission to the Secretariat of Unesco in March next year.
The Director General of Cultural Property was satisfied with the approval of the nomination "means a quality label for this festival is known around the world."
Gimenez said that "since the Ministry is working to achieve maximum exposure and protection of our heritage" and in this regard, he recalled that "The past year has made the declaration of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity to the Council of Wise Men Well, the Flemish and the Mediterranean diet. "
The Race of the Wine Horses' is the core on which the whole party caravaqueña.
On the morning of May 2, dozens of horses adorned with mantles previously exposed to trial gallop trying to be the fastest to get to the Castle esplanade.
After the start, established by previous drawing, horses, led by the four horsemen, are pushing through the crowd that packed the Cuesta del Castillo.
It is the most intense moment of the festivals and shows where the union of horse and riders.
After the race, horses boast before the jury so that it can examine the quality of each of the embroidery.
Then, there is the 'Harnessing Competition', which is the crowning act of the party and that are valued in different handmade blankets
Currently "The horses came from Caravaca de la Cruz 'are initiated as a Cultural Heritage as an ethnographic interest.
Possible inclusion on the Representative List seeks recognition of a party eminently popular and participatory whose age has been documented since 1765.
Source: CARM
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