Cultural diversity
In her letter the minister writes that it is important that Corso culture and Summer Carnival both 'reflect the cultural diversity of the Netherlands'. She writes that corso culture can be found throughout the Netherlands: "from the colorful spring processions in the Bulbs region to the creative floats built up from dahlias in, for example, Zundert and Lichtenvoorde."
She writes about the Summer Carnival that it is an annually recurring super diverse tropical festival in Rotterdam, attracting participants and visitors from all over the Netherlands and beyond. "What started as an Antillean carnival with the aim of promoting cultural encounters has grown into a multicultural celebration in which more than 25 different cultures of origin participate."
Thousands of participants and volunteers are involved in both the corsos and the Summer Carnival, and many tens of thousands (all in all hundreds of thousands) come to it. The minister said that it should be possible to put together an excellent nomination file in the short term. In the case of Corso culture before 31 March 2020, for a possible registration at the end of 2021.
Procedure
The Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage annually maps which heritage communities with intangible cultural heritage in the Inventory would be open for nomination for one of the UNESCO Lists. This forms the basis for the Council for Culture's advice to the minister. The minister has adopted the advice of the Council to nominate Corso culture and Summer Carnival at UNESCO. The Corsokoepel and Stichting Zomercarnaval Nederland form working groups together with the Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to prepare the nomination files.
It is intended that the nomination of Corso culture be submitted to UNESCO before 31 March 2020, so that the UNESCO Convention Committee can decide the following year whether the Corso culture can be included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity . The nomination of Summer Carnival will be submitted to UNESCO in 2021, is the intention.
the Caribbean
In addition, the minister says that she will discuss the possibilities of nomination from the Caribbean with her fellow ministers in the Vierlanden consultation. At the minister's request, the Culture Council has explicitly looked at promising candidates for nomination on the islands, based on the survey of interest there by the Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage. Intangible heritage elements that were mentioned include Tambú ', a music tradition with song and dance that originated in the time of slavery, and' Kaha di Árgel ', music and musical instrument of the windward islands.