La imposibilidad de separar lo inmaterial de lo material en las manifestaciones culturales

Abstract

This article reviews the way in which Intangible Cultural Heritage has been addressed within the Spanish legislation since the 2003 UNESCO Convention. It raises the need to consider the tangible and intangible dimensions of any manifestation of culture as a unit, since both aspects lose meaning when they are treated separately. In most cases until now, they have been studied following different methodologies, protected with different standards and planned with different policies. In order to recognize the inherent unity between the tangible and intangible dimensions, an analysis is made of how both appear in festive rituals and in the field of gastronomy.