The mayor of the city of Córdoba, Daniel Passerini, announced the admission of the quartet to join the list of Intangible Heritage of Humanity before UNESCO.
This is a preliminary step from which the cultural practice enters the evaluation process and then is officially declared as such. This implies the recognition of its cultural value and marks the beginning of an evaluation process that could culminate in the official declaration of tunga tunga as world heritage.
“The quartet and our identity had been developing since the day our city was founded. Because the quartet has expressions of practically all the cultural, religious and ethnic diversities of those who chose and we choose Córdoba. The quartet is a living expression that makes us proud, which is present in every tile, in every centimeter, in every door, in every window and in every house in the city,” said Passerini.
The quartet is the country’s candidate for the period 2024-2025.
“I am absolutely convinced that we are going to achieve it, that this pride that we Cordobans have is going to be the fuel so that this engine does not stop. And in such a difficult time for Argentina, from Córdoba, the heart of the country, we are going to honor this recognition that Argentina has given us to represent it,” added the first of the Executive.
At the same time, the Secretary of Communication and Culture, Mariano Almada, highlighted: “This achievement is the result of an entire team that went to each square, to each neighborhood, who was at the dances collecting signatures and told the citizens about our dream. : that finally the quartet, like other music, is part of the intangible heritage of humanity.”
And he added: “Today I feel very proud to be able to announce this management milestone, one more of those that will remain in the history of Córdoba.”
From the mayor of Martín Llaryora, with the continuity of Daniel Passerini, hard work has been carried out that, through different actions, generated the conditions and institutional structures necessary to comply with the required steps.
In this sense, through Ordinance 12,205 of the Deliberative Council, the genre was declared Cultural Heritage.
The quartet was also incorporated into primary education as a multidisciplinary theme that cuts across the subjects of music, history and dance; the Quartet Museum was inaugurated; The “Tunga Project” was premiered, a dance-theater work, authored by David Picotto; Musical shows, cycles, talks, conferences, recognitions for leaders in the sector were held; and a meeting of signatures for the quartet to be declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity; among other.
Likewise, the presentation to UNESCO was the result of serious and rigorous work that was carried out based on an anthropological, sociological study and research techniques that reconfirmed its social value and its cultural and musical richness.
The vice mayor, Javier Pretto, was part of the announcement; the Undersecretary of Operational Coordination, Jimena Garzón; the general director of Cultural, Creative and Innovation Industries, Vanesa Toranzo; and the director of Cultural Management, Leandro Olocco; and the president of the Córdoba Culture Agency, Raúl Sansica.
This milestone represents a significant achievement for the preservation and promotion of Córdoba’s cultural heritage, as well as recognition of the joint efforts of all those who have contributed to safeguarding the quartet’s legacy.
Fernando Bladys, one of the exponents of the Cordoba quartet.
