Committee set up to identify Libya's intangible heritage to complete work soon

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mabrouka Toghi, Libya's Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, says the committee formed to compile an inventory of the country's intangible heritage will soon complete its work.

The announcement was made when the Minister, together with the Minister of Education, Moussa al-Mageryef, took part in a ceremony to celebrate Libya's accession to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Culture on intangible heritage for 2023.

It was organised by the Ministry of Culture in Tripoli, in the presence of the Turkish Ambassador to Libya, Canan Yilmaz, according to a press release published on Friday on the government platform, Hakomitna.

Ms Toghi stressed the importance of highlighting and protecting Libya's true heritage, and of working to bring it to light.

She explained that this is an important occasion in Libya's contemporary history, which spans millennia, and will contribute to the protection of the cultural heritage.

On the fringes of the ceremony, a dialogue session was organised on the theme, "The importance of the national register for safeguarding intangible heritage in Libya."

It was on how to preserve intangible heritage such as industry, traditional trades, customs, traditions and popular heritage linked to human life.

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