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Asuncion, Apr 30 (EFE).- Paraguay announced on Friday that the country would seek UNESCO recognition for its guarania, a slow and melancholy genre of music created in the 1920s by Paraguayan composer José Asunción Flores. (Camera: NOELIA ACEITUNO). SHOT LIST: AN EVENT HELD TO PRESENT GUARANIA MUSIC, IN ASUNCION, PARAGAUY.
Paris, Feb 25 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Luis Miguel Pascual / Ian Langson) The traditional French baguette and the zinc roofs of the capital are fighting a battle to be on the list of intangible heritage of humanity of UNESCO.FOOTAGE OF BREAD MAKING AND OF THE PARISIAN ROOFTOPS.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:DOMINIQUE ANRACT, PRESIDENT OF THE BAKERS OF FRANCE:"We are concerned about an artisan baguette, made with human hands and a human recipe, if it will continue, that is why we want to inscribe this artisan recipe in the Unesco heritage.""The first thing a child is told to do by his parents is to go buy bread at the bakery. The first solid food that is given to a baby is a piece of bread.""At the level of the image of France, it is important to let people know what the baguette means and it is interesting to share it with others. It is something specific to France, it is important to keep the traditional recipe, so that it does not become something made by machines and without a soul ".MERIADEC AULANIER, DELEGATE OF THE GUILD THAT GROUPED THE TRADES DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL ROOFS:"People come to discover this trade, of art and work, which cannot be seen from a street-level because it is on top of the houses. It is a little-known trade and that is why new generations don't want to continue with it. Unesco would allow us to break that dynamic. "
People arrive at the Savigny-sur-Orge mosque, during the funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old French teenager beaten to death after school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. Mats and sheets are held up as the hearse arrives in strict privacy at the request of the family. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. The two presidents are meeting to discuss issues such as defence, energy and artificial intelligence. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak via videoconference to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale. IMAGES
British and French troops stage a joint parade at Buckingham Palace to mark the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, the bilateral agreements signed on April 8, 1904 by the two countries to settle colonial disputes. IMAGES