2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The next time you order a Belgian beer, know that you are not just drinking alcohol, you are gaining cultural experience. UNESCO has added Belgian beer to the list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind.
The Belgians are famous as one of the world's beer nations. Their beer has a wide range of flavors - from extremely sour to bitter. In almost every town and village of the small Western European country there is a brewery with centuries-old traditions.
The history of Begli beer begins in the Middle Ages. The brewing tradition in Flanders was started not by anyone, but by the monks isolated from society at the time. People liked their invention and it became a tradition. Today, Belgium is at the forefront of all rankings that are related in one way or another to beer, and beer lovers sometimes go to extremes.
There is no city in the country where a beer fest is not organized at least once a year. In several settlements these events are even monthly. In Belgium, the first beer pipeline was built, which takes the beer directly from the factory to several pubs in the center of old Bruges.
In times of crisis, when beer consumption is declining worldwide, the only places where consumption is rising are Belgium, Namibia and South Africa, statistics show.
Of course, there has also been criticism of UNESCO's decision to designate beer as a cultural asset for humanity, especially in a time when global abuse is becoming a growing problem. However, the organization defended itself with the thesis that beer is more than an alcoholic beverage. Beer is used by people not only for drinking, but also for cooking and producing various products, expressed its position UNESCO.
Along with Belgian beer, the list of intangible cultural heritage was completed in honor of the late revolutionary Fidel Castro and the hot Cuban rumba dance, as well as Uganda's traditional endangered folk singing.
The list of intangible cultural property was created 10 years ago, with the main aim of raising awareness of it, while UNESCO also sometimes offers financial or technical assistance to countries struggling to protect it.
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