{"id":34295,"date":"2025-12-12T05:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=34295"},"modified":"2025-12-12T05:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:12:37","slug":"algeria-reaffirms-kaftans-heritage-status-at-unesco-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=34295","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Reaffirms Kaftan&#8217;s Heritage Status at UNESCO Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi, India<\/strong> \u2013 Algeria has reaffirmed the Kaftan&#8217;s integral place within its intangible cultural heritage during the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, a UNESCO body. The meeting is being held in New Delhi, India, from December 8th to 13th, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This development reinforces Algeria&#8217;s cultural diplomacy on the international stage and underscores the Kaftan&#8217;s deep roots in Algerian identity, its historical connection to local customs, and ongoing efforts to preserve and promote this heritage globally.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaftan was initially inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2012 through national files that have since been updated and unanimously approved within the organization.<\/p>\n<p>During the current session in New Delhi, the translation of the national file&#8217;s title, previously known as &#8220;Rituals and Craft Skills Associated with the Tlemcen Wedding Costume &#8216;Lebsa Arftan&#8217;,&#8221; one of the most prominent traditional customs in the Tlemcen region, was confirmed and modified.<\/p>\n<p>To further enhance the Kaftan&#8217;s international presence, clear English and French translations of the file title have been added: <em>The wearing of Kaftan<\/em> (English) and <em>Le port du Caftan<\/em> (French). These additions aim to provide a broader understanding of this traditional heritage.<\/p>\n<p>This move further solidifies Algeria&#8217;s position as the original proponent of the Kaftan&#8217;s recognition as a fundamental element of its heritage on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, India \u2013 Algeria has reaffirmed the Kaftan&#8217;s integral place within its intangible cultural heritage during the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, a UNESCO body. The meeting is being held in New Delhi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34297,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34295\/revisions\/34297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}