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Mexico City to Host Its First Mexican Sweet Bread Festival with More Than 30 Producers

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mexico City will hold its first Mexican Sweet Bread Festival from Sept. 11 to 13 at the newly opened Utopía Elena Poniatowska Amor in Coyoacán.
  • More than 30 producers from different regions of Mexico will present traditional breads, techniques and flavors.
  • The festival will include musical performances, visual artworks and a living museum, following the designation of traditional sweet bread knowledge and practices as intangible cultural heritage of Mexico City.

More than 30 producers from across Mexico will gather in Mexico City for the first Festival of Mexican Sweet Bread, bringing regional techniques and flavors to Coyoacán from Sept. 11 to 13.

The festival will take place at the recently opened Utopía Elena Poniatowska Amor. It coincides with Mexico City’s designation of “The knowledge and practices of traditional sweet bread” as intangible cultural heritage.

The event will include performances by the duo Sirena del Bosque and by Nadia Waller’s violin and cello ensemble. A “Living Museum” will also feature paintings and sculptures by various artists exploring bread through the visual arts.

Mexico City Culture Secretary Ana Francis López Bayghen Patiño said the designation recognizes more than sweet bread as a product. It honors the people, communities and knowledge that keep the tradition alive and pass it from one generation to the next.

The designation does not seek to recognize sweet bread as a product, but the people, communities and knowledge that make it possible for this tradition to remain alive and be passed on between generations.

— Ana Francis López Bayghen PatiñoThe Mexico City culture secretary explained the purpose of the heritage designation at a news conference announcing the festival.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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