The Danish-German minority in the border region is one of three bids from Denmark for inclusion on the UN list of cultural heritage.
The Danish-German border, greenlandic drum dance and a special nordic tradition of boat building.
It is three bids from Denmark for inclusion on the UN list of the intangible cultural heritage, according to a press release from the ministry of Culture.
– This are three applications which dedicated people have been working with for several years, and I’m crossing my fingers that they all come through UNESCO’s needle’s eye, when a decision is taken next year, says minister of culture, Joy Mogensen (S).
Intangible cultural heritage is, for example, traditions, customs and collaborations, which are characteristic for a country or a region.
this is The first time that Denmark will submit the proposal to Unesco, the UN organisation for culture, education and science, with bids on intangible cultural heritage.
The Danish-German border co-operation consists in ensuring that the two countries ‘ minorities on each side of the border live in peaceful coexistence.
in southern denmark, there is a German minority of approximately 15,000 persons. The minority has its own kindergartens, schools and libraries.
In the same way, there is a Danish minority south of the border with about 50,000 members.
The two minorities is, according to the minister for culture a “unique example of how two countries’ peoples have been able to live in peaceful coexistence in spite of the changing demarcations”.
A second bid is the greenlandic drum dance and song called Qilaatersorneq set in cooperation with the Greenland self-government.
Finally, Denmark, the competitor on a pan setting of a special nordic tradition to build klinkbåde.
It is a type of boat with a special design of the hull, where the planks overlap each other.
Unesco must now assess all the proposals that have come in. First, in 2021, there is a decision.
The Danish national community is already represented on the UN’s world Heritage list.
This applies, among other things, the Jelling Monuments, Roskilde Cathedral, Kronborg Castle, Stevns Klint, the Wadden sea, Christiansfeld, Parforcejagtlandskabet in the north of Zealand and Ilulissat Icefjord.
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