SPAIN (Agencies) UNESCO yesterday designated Flamenco an Intangible Cultural Heritage, together with other Spanish things such as the Mediterranean Diet (at present fighting a losing battle against fast food), the Mallorcan Canto de la Sibila (which we admit we hadn't heard about either until now but will enlighten ourselves so we can enlighten you), Falconry (not exclusively Spanish but very popular here, called Cetreria) and the Castells they perform in Catalonia (those human towers topped by a child, but you knew about those). The elevation of Flamenco to World Heritage status had parties going on all over Andalucia and many other places throughout the country, as, we suppose, there were for the other intangible things. Wonder how the party for the diet was...
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