Today, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) included the \u201csocial and cultural traditions\u201d associated with the Ramadan Iftar on its list of intangible heritage, following a request submitted by Azerbaijan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkey.<\/p>\n
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which has been holding its meetings since last Monday in Kasane in northern Botswana, decided to include breakfast among the intangible heritage of humanity.<\/p>\n
UNESCO stated: \u201cMuslims often gather around the iftar table to eat it in a community spirit, which strengthens the bonds of connection between family members and society as a whole and enhances charitable works, solidarity and ways of social exchange.\u201d
\nThe organization pointed out that \u201cfamily members usually pass this practice on to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) included the \u201csocial and cultural traditions\u201d associated with the Ramadan Iftar on its list of intangible heritage, following a request submitted by Azerbaijan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkey. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which has been holding its meetings since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":145384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n