The traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the “vite ad alberello” of Pantelleria has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (28 novembre 2014).

The IX session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage which took place at UNESCO’s headquarters on November 24-28 2014 voted for the inscription of the traditional agricultural practice of cultivating head-trained bush vines (“vite ad alberello”) of the community of Pantelleria on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
This traditional practice is transmitted through generations of vine growers and farmers of the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria and is shared by the whole community through rituals and festivals organized between July and September.
The Italian Ministry for farming, food and forestry politics, Maurizio Martina, declared on the occasion: “This inscription represents a turning point at an international level. Finally, farming and rural-heritage values are acknowledged as key elements of a people’s cultural heritage. With this inscription, in fact, UNESCO recognized that this traditional practice plays a social role in addition to the economic one as identity element representing the culture and history of the island’s inhabitants ».

For further information :
https://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/8173
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00720


The “vite ad alberello”; siciliaagricoltura.it