Couscous as part of Unesco's intangible cultural heritage

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One of the varieties of Berber couscous prepared according to a tradition that has not changed for centuries.

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Couscous made its entry Wednesday into the intangible cultural heritage of Unesco, a year and a half after the joint candidacy of Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia, tells us, from Tunis, Michel Picard.

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