“Honoring and promoting the precious heritage of our territory”: glove making in Pays de Millau comes to Paris

Élus, personnalités et ambassadeurs de différents pays étaient à Paris mardi pour soutenir la candidature à l’Unesco. DR

Elected officials, personalities and ambassadors to UNESCO were in Paris on Tuesday June 4, for an institutional and diplomatic ceremony, dedicated to the preservation of heritage.

Elected officials, personalities and ambassadors to Unesco were on Tuesday June 4 under the auspices of the National Assembly, for a ceremony institutional and diplomatic, placed under the sign of safeguarding heritage.

That more particularly of the Millavoise glove factory listed in the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage since the 11th  December 2023 under the name "The know-how linked to glovemaking in Pays de Millau : pastoral breeding, knowledge and transformation of materials, art of glove making".

Olivier Fabre welcomes the Japanese ambassador to UNESCO under the gaze of Alain Marc, vice-president of the Senate, Franck Boehly, president of the Alliance France Cuir and Emmanuelle Gazel, mayor of Millau. DR

An important moment for Olivier Fabre, director of Maison Fabre and president of the association Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the country of Millau who, with Nadia Bedar, director, are now aiming for recognition international with the candidacy for the emergency safeguarding list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at Unesco. Urgency to safeguard know-how and practices threatened with disappearance while revitalizing an integral sector closely linked to the 17 sustainable development objectives presented today.

"This step is crucial for safeguarding our endangered know-how. Jobs linked to agropastoralism are less attractive, generational renewal is no longer guaranteed, wool work hangs by a thread, leather activity is slowing down, and certain glove-making know-how is threatened with disappearance, recalled Olivier Fabre. By joining forces to preserve and promote our artisanal traditions, we are paving the way for a new era of sustainable development and prosperity for our regions."