closer schreef op 1 juli 2022 18:38:
The cooking of borsch, a beetroot and cabbage soup, in Ukraine has been added to the United Nations’ cultural agency’s list of endangered heritage because of Russia’s war.
The Ukrainian culture of cooking borsch, considered a national dish in the country, has been included on Unesco’s “list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding”. Borsch is also widely consumed in Russia, other ex-Soviet countries and Poland.
The decision was approved after a fast-track process prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the “negative impact on this tradition” caused by the war, Unesco said.
“People are unable not only to cook or grow local vegetables for borsch, but also to come together” to eat it, “which undermines the social and cultural well-being of communities”, it said.
Ukraine’s minister of culture, Tkachenko Oleksandr, celebrated the decision on Twitter, “Victory in the war for borsch is ours!”
Ukraine’s first deputy foreign minister, Emine Dzheppar, also welcomed Unesco’s decision, tweeting: “Ukrainian Borsht derussified!”
Russia’s foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova, ridiculed the move, claiming “as I understand, everything is subject to Ukrainisation”.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/j...