Advance will be known about the rescue, safeguarding and promotion of the good inscribed as World Heritage.
During the ceremony, the File on the Traditional Guerrerense Cuisine was handed over.
The work sessions are held from February 22 to February 25, 2018 at the Grand Hotel Acapulco & Convention Center.
Acapulco, Guerrero, February 22, 2018.- State Authorities, traditional cooks, delegates of the Conservatory of Mexican Gastronomic Culture (CCGM), chefs and students gather as of today, and until February 25, in the VII National Meeting of Information on Traditional Mexican Cuisine in pursuit of a very specific mission: To extol the values of our kitchens, turn them into facts into a powerful engine of development for the whole country.
This was pointed out by Dr. Gloria López Morales, president of the CCGM, within the framework of the inauguration of this annual meeting in which they will discuss and learn about the progress on the rescue, safeguarding and promotion of the property registered as a World Heritage Site. UNESCO.
“Nothing better than good food to help redouble the blazons of this mythical place. Nothing more suitable to activate the economy and attract a cultured and demanding tourism, than to try to divulge in all its richness the values of the local gastronomies “, added López Morales, thanking the invitation to the Government of the State of Guerrero.
For his part, Mr. Mauricio Leyva Castrejón, Secretary of Culture of the State of Guerrero, said that Guerrero is one of the entities that should be placed at the center of the discussion of the analysis and reflection on Gastronomy in Mexico. , after receiving the File of the Guerrerense Kitchen from chef José Javier Reynada. “The reception of the File is the first step for the Government to work for the recognition of the Guerrero cuisine in the state. If at the local level we are not responsible, we do not share this alignment of interests, it does not have the strength or the importance it deserves “.
The inauguration of the VII National Meeting of Information on Traditional Mexican Cuisine was the responsibility of Mr. Salvador Sánchez Estrada, Undersecretary of Federal Tourism, who affirmed that Traditional Mexican Cuisine has represented a platform for the world to turn to see Mexico and its gastronomy. “It is a cultural model that includes agrarian activities, knowledge, culinary techniques, customs and ancestral community behaviors.”
To conclude, Mr. Sánchez Estrada expressed his appreciation to the CCGM for the work he does in conjunction with his delegates in the states, focused on the preservation and dissemination of traditional Mexican cuisine.
The meeting is held under the sponsorship and sponsorship of the government of the State of Guerrero, within the framework of the safeguard plan, which the CCGM carries out annually to respond to the commitment derived from the inscription of Mexican cuisine in the list of Cultural Heritage Intangible before UNESCO.
