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    TURKISH PAPER MARBLING ART ON UNESCO CULTURAL LIST

    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    Nov 28 2014

    ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency

    The Turkish art of paper marbling, known as Ebru, has been added to
    the United Nations' world cultural heritage list.

    Culture and Tourism Minister Omer Celik said Turkey applied to UNESCO
    for the art to be included in the cultural heritage list in March
    last year. "With the addition of Ebru art, Turkey is now represented
    on the list 12 times," Celik said.

    Turkey's application file was among the first five submitted among
    a total of 46.

    Ebru is the art of creating colorful patterns by sprinkling and
    brushing color pigments onto a pan of oily water and then transferring
    the patterns to paper or fabric.

    Lavash, a flatbread submitted by Armenia, has also been inscribed on
    UNESCO's cultural heritage list.

    Celik criticized Armenia for aiming to make lavash known across the
    world as a specifically Armenian cultural specialty, although it is
    eaten in countries such as Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

    He said lavash is a "shared culture of the region" and Armenia was
    not the only owner of this type of bread.

    Last year, "Turkish Coffee Culture and Tradition" was added to the
    10 other Turkish cultural specialties on the heritage list.

    November/28/2014

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-paper-marbling-art-on-unesco-cultural-list.aspx?pageID=238&nID=74956&NewsCatID=385



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