Bulgaria to submit application for Rose Valley’s inscription on UNESCO list

Bulgaria will submit application forms for the inscription of the Rose Valley on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List and for its registration in the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This was announced during a discussion between representatives of state and local authorities, rose growers, and processors, held in the town of Kazanlak.
The initiative is a joint effort of the Bulgarian National Association Essential Oils, Perfumery and Cosmetics, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the Municipality of Kazanlak.
The Mayor of Kazanlak, Galina Stoyanova, expressed hope that the initiative would establish rose production as a national value, and emphasized that Bulgaria is globally recognized for the oil-bearing rose and the Rose Festival, but that more active institutional efforts are needed to reinforce this tradition as a livelihood and culture.

Edited by Miglena Ivanova

Translated by Kostadin Atanasov