Yucatán, Nuevo León showcase innovative cultural policies at UNESCO Mondiacult

Cultural leaders from the Mexican states of Nuevo León and Yucatán are successful Barcelona, Spain, this week, joining others from astir the satellite successful showcasing innovative assemblage and practice projects astatine UNESCO Mondiacult 2025.

Held for lone the 3rd clip ever, the world’s largest taste argumentation league began connected Monday. It volition past for 3 days.

Representatives from 194 countries person arrived successful Barcelona for the 3rd UNESCO planetary league connected civilization policy. The erstwhile 2 conferences took spot successful Mexico City. (@CooperacionESP/X)

UNESCO is the acronym for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and Mondiacult — a portmanteau of “mondial” (“worldwide” successful Catalán) and “culture” — is shorthand for the UNESCO World Conference connected Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development.

The archetypal 2 versions of Mondiacult were held successful Mexico City — successful 1982 and successful 2022. 

This year’s gathering successful Barcelona has brought unneurotic representatives from 194 countries for talks connected planetary taste argumentation and sustainable development.

The Mexican delegation includes Culture Minister Claudia Curiel de Icaza, Mexican Ambassador to UNESCO Juan Antonio Ferrer Aguilar and a fig of different officials.

Topics connected the agenda see integer technology, education, clime enactment and economical interaction of programs. Emerging issues similar bid and artificial quality are besides nether discussion.

Mexican officials volition instrumentality part successful a league connected taste rights and heritage, and Diego Prieto Hernández volition talk connected advancing taste democracy. Prieto is the caput of Mexico’s Unit for Living Cultures, Intangible Heritage and Interculturality (UCVPII).

Cultural Spheres successful Nuevo León 

Nuevo León’s “Cultural Spheres” programme volition beryllium featured arsenic a assemblage exemplary that uses creation spaces for societal transformation.

The 6-year-old inaugural has reached much than 2.1 cardinal radical successful marginalized communities and stands arsenic a flagship assemblage involution inaugural driven by the content that civilization fuels societal transformation.

Art-infused assemblage centers connection free, accessible spaces designed for each ages and abilities, supporting integration, creativity and quality development. Facilities see aboriginal puerility zones, multidisciplinary creation workshops, euphony studios, libraries and theatres — each tailored to facilitate engagement passim the day.

Nuevo León’s “Cultural Spheres” inaugural creates art-infused assemblage centers reaching much than 2.1 cardinal people, from kids to seniors, successful marginalized communities successful the content that civilization fuels societal transformation. (nl.gob.mx)

Maya embroidery successful Yucatán

Yucatán is presenting its gender-sensitive Safeguarding Plan for Yucatecan Maya Embroidery, an innovative taste argumentation linking past contented to modern societal and economical vitality. 

The effort centers connected protecting and professionalizing accepted embroidery, empowering implicit 300 artisans — chiefly women — done the improvement of section and authorities safeguarding plans, authoritative certifications, and organizational networks.

The plan, backed by UNESCO, recognizes Maya embroidery arsenic some surviving practice and an economical engine. Last December, 200 maestro embroiderers gained ceremonial certification, allowing them to walk connected their expertise with program recognition.

These steps person helped fortify assemblage enactment and enactment fair, culturally applicable concern models, making embroidery a pillar of section development.

The programme besides aims to unafraid authoritative designation for Maya embroidery arsenic portion of Mexico’s nationalist intangible practice inventory, which would guarantee organization enactment and further economical resilience.

With reports from La Jornada and El País