The candidacy of the harvesting festival of Vevey was today officially submitted to UNESCO for inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is the first Swiss candidacy. The decision of the Intergovernmental Committee will be published in November 2016, following the conclusion of several months of examination procedure.
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