translated from Spanish: Mazatlan has everything to be recognized by Unesco

Mazatlan, Sinaloa.-Gastronomy, its historical center and culture are part of Mazatlan’s potential to become part of the network of creative cities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), presumed the Gober State of Sinaloa, Quirino Ordaz Coppel. Mazatlan has everything
At the inauguration of the Unesco Conservatory Mazatlan Creative Cities for Diversity and innovation, in the facilities of the Museum of Art, in the company of Mayor Luis Guillermo Benítez Torres, the governor stressed that he has worked and has everything to join the Network and lay the foundation for becoming a nation’s heritage. This framework reflected on diversity as a source of innovation, sustainable development and equality. Ordaz explained that in Mazatlan there is a great tradition in band music, as well as in opera and dance. To forms of popular culture very connected to the sea, without leaving aside the gastronomic tradition. In turn, the representative of the Unesco office in Mexico, Frédéric Vacheron, stressed that this meeting celebrates cultural diversity as a factor of development. He added that Mazatlan is the most important port in the Pacific and with a renovated historic center, where it is understood the importance of living with other cultures, giving way to the culinary tradition. In his speech, Mayor Luis Guillermo Benítez Torres stressed that this event constitutes one of the preparatory activities for the presentation of the file of the candidacy of Mazatlan as part of the network of creative cities of Unesco.

Program
The network integrates 180 cities from 72 countries of the world in the fields of literature, cinema, music, handicrafts and popular art, design, digital art and gastronomy. In Mexico there are seven cities in this program, but only one of them, Ensenada, has entered gastronomy and Mazatlan works to be the second Mexican city incorporated into the network. The director of the Instituto Sinaloan de Cultura, Papik Ramírez, said that being part of this network will allow Mazatlan to exchange experiences in the gastronomy. 



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