<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Dear all,</font><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">This week, the UNESCO Commission officially declared transhumance as Immaterial Cultural Heritage for 10 countries in Europe (</font><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">Albania, Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and Romania)</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">. This was the culmination of several years of collaboration by people in these</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""> countries, with Spain as team leader.</span></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Congratulations to Francesca Pasetti and her colleagues in the 10 countries for this great achievement!</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">A film compiled for UNESCO on <i class="">Transhumance: the seasonal droving of livestock </i>can be found here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BJfOs7R30" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BJfOs7R30</a> (21:20 min).</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><b class="">Description:</b> <span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class="">Each year, in spring and autumn, herders organise the movement, or transhumance, of thousands of animals along traditional pastoral paths. They move on foot or horseback, leading with their dogs and sometimes accompanied by their families. An ancestral practice, transhumance entails social practices and rituals related to the care, breeding and training of animals and the management of natural resources. Transmitted informally within families and communities, the practice strengthens cultural identity and ties between families, communities and territories while counteracting the effects of rural depopulation.</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Below, Francesca gives the links to the UNESCO session and the words of thanks from transhumant pastoralists in these countries.</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Cheers,</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ann</font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" size="1" class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></font></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Francesca Pasetti" <<a href="mailto:fpasettib@gmail.com" class="">fpasettib@gmail.com</a>></span></div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: RISG Europe - Transhumance today declared World Inmaterial Cultural Heritage for 10 countries</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">7 December 2023 at 16:30:43 PM CET</span></div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:RISG-Europe@iyrp.groups.io" class="">RISG-Europe@iyrp.groups.io</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:RISG-Europe@IYRP.groups.io" class="">RISG-Europe@IYRP.groups.io</a></span></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></b></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Friends,</b></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class="">Please find easily the film and the ceremony of the Declaration of Transhumance UNESCO ICH</span></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></b></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Film for the Declaration of Transhumance as Immaterial Cultural heritage of UNESCO</b></div><div><br class=""></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BJfOs7R30" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BJfOs7R30</a></font></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></b></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Declaration in Botswana:</b></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class="">For those not wanting to browse the full video (many hours), the section where the declaration is done is here: </span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/6qx-AYRItp8?t=35841" class="">https://youtu.be/6qx-AYRItp8?t=35841</a></font></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></b></div><div><b class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A multilingual acknowledgement of the transhumant pastoralist communities</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""> is here: </span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/6qx-AYRItp8?t=36167s" class="">https://youtu.be/6qx-AYRItp8?t=36167s</a></font></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class="">For those who have Twitter, Pablo Manzano shared both moments in his account: </span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/PabloPastos/status/1732740238043123727" class="">https://twitter.com/PabloPastos/status/1732740238043123727</a></font></div><div><br class=""></div><div>K<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ind regards</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Francesca</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">——————————————————————————————————————————————————————</span></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Francesca Pasetti Bombardella </span></div><div><font face="Arial" size="1" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Co-chair Regional </span><a href="https://iyrp.info/" target="_blank" class="">IYRP </a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> Support Group Europe </span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="1" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Focal Point Spain Nomination </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Transhumance UNESCO ICH</span></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="1" class="">International Projects Coordinator Concejo de la Mesta - Spain</font></span></div><div><font face="Arial" size="1" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Coordinator </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Programma TRE Terre Rurali d’Europa</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="1" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Email: </span><a href="mailto:fpasettib@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">fpasettib@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></body></html>