Thursday, March 22, 2012

Vienna balls are excluded from the UNESCO







As reported by Agence France-Presse Austrian branch of UNESCO's Viennese balls excluded from the list of intangible cultural heritage.




In this decision has affected participation in one of the balls representatives of neo-Nazi orientation. Viennese balls were found in the cultural heritage of September 2010. But there are certain criteria that must possess the ball to be considered a true Vienna.




But as it became known, far right in Germany and Austria, each year going to a ball Viennese students. According to the UNESCO, this fact does not allow the presence of Viennese balls in the list of cultural heritage, as it contradicts. fundamental values ​​based on tolerance and respect for foreign cultures.




This year's Viennese Ball Corporation students will be January 27, this time in Vienna are expected to demonstrate the far-right movements of the opponents.

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