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Rooftops of Paris and French baguettes fight for the Unesco seal

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. "