Egypt succeeds in registering Holy Family’s Journey on Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

CAIRO – 1 December 2022: Egypt’s Minister of Culture Nevine el-Kilani announced Egypt's success in registering the file related to the Holy Family’s Journey on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO].

This was announced by the International Intergovernmental Committee of the Organization for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on November 30 during its 17th session, currently being held in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Egypt had mobilized wide support for the file that reached the point of consensus.

During its meeting on November 30, headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the Council of Ministers praised the great achievement, which confirms that the Egyptian state has preserved its ancient heritage over hundreds of years.

“Recording the celebrations associated with the Holy Family's Journey on the representative list of intangible cultural heritage is considered a message of peace, love and security from the land that embraced the Holy Family, revived its course and preserved for many years the celebration of its journey to Egypt," said Egypt’s Minister of Culture Nevine el-Kilani.

It is noteworthy that Egypt began working on the file of the celebrations associated with the Holy Family a few years ago. The Ministry of Culture and a number of its affiliated bodies participated in it. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a great effort to achieve this success by communicating with the concerned international parties, in addition to the participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and many Egyptian civil institutions and churches.