A joint initiative for Cyprus lace to make UNESCO list

An initiative will be launched for the inclusion of Cypriot lace in UNESCO’s World Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to Philenews, municipalities in the South of Cyprus, communities and other local bodies agreed to push forward with registering the Cyprus lace in UNESCO list. In a written statement, the municipality of Athienou said that the meeting included bodies that have registered Cypriot laces such as “venice” or “pittotis”, the Athienou oloploumi, the papilla and fervolites lace, with the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Cyprus, and representatives of local authorities, namely, Athienou, Lapithos, Omodos, Koilani and the Koilani Cultural Group. The bodies agreed to create a common network and to ask the competent service of the South Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture to request for the joint registration of the laces of Athienou, Lapithos, Karavas, Omodos and Koilani in the UNESCO World Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.