Knowledge of the light rum masters | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

Cuban light rum emerges in 1862 in the city of Santiago de Cuba. Since then, there has been an uninterrupted transmission of the Cuban light rum masters' knowledge, which is put into practice in aging cellars, mixture areas and laboratories. The Cuban light rum masters' knowledge is a set of traditional, scientific, sensory knowledge and techniques transmission that ensures the safeguarding of the Cuban light rum manufacturing process. Regardless of brand, light rum masters follow an ethical code centred on respect for Cuban rum culture and its history and good practices, with ecoculture and harmony with the environment at its core. The transmission of light rum's master knowledge is a life-long learning process that is passed down from generation to generation and includes protecting aging cellars, knowing their contents and characteristics and the history of each barrel, and knowing...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Cuba
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Cuba
Countries: Cuba

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Language, Story and Memory Food, Agriculture and Seasonal Practice Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.

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Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

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ich_public_ref1724

inscription_year2022

title_enKnowledge of the light rum masters

title_frLe savoir-faire des maîtres du rhum léger

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesCU

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01724

concepts_primary_namesAlcoholic beverages, Know-how transfer, Technical skills

concepts_secondary_namesCarnival, Colours, Dance, Food customs, Guild, Income, Manufacturing industry, Nonformal education, Oral tradition, Piracy, Science, Social gathering

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/15554-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enThe community of Light Rum Masters exchanges its knowledge

main_image_copyrightCuba Ron S.A, 2020

main_image_authorMartí Delgado

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Why This Record Is Credible

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Cultural Access

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Relationships

Alcoholic beverages Know-how transfer Technical skills Carnival Colours Dance Food customs Guild Income Manufacturing industry Nonformal education UNESCO representative list World Heritage connection: San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba

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