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UNESCO Adds Iztapalapa Passion Play to Intangible Cultural Heritage List

The listing binds Mexico to a safeguarding plan that reinforces COSSIAC’s leadership.

Claudia Sheinbaum desde Palacio Nacional
La Pasión de Cristo en Iztapalapa ya es Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad
Personas participando en la representación número 182 de la pasión de Cristo en la alcaldía de Iztapalapa, en Ciudad de México.
La UNESCO inscribió este miércoles la Representación de la Pasión de Cristo de Iztapalapa como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad, tras casi dos siglos de tradición comunitaria. Foto: Cuartoscuro

Overview

  • The decision was announced on December 10 during the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee’s 20th session in New Delhi, India.
  • The approved safeguarding plan covers archival strengthening, civil protection, public security, preservation of related heritage, dissemination, sustainability, environmental conservation and education.
  • The community tradition began as a vow in 1833 and has been formally staged since 1843 with participation from Iztapalapa’s eight original barrios.
  • The Holy Week representation is Mexico’s largest of its kind, drawing over 1.4 million attendees in 2024 and exceeding two million before the pandemic.
  • Mexican leaders, including President Claudia Sheinbaum and Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel de Icaza, hailed the recognition, which followed a joint nomination by COSSIAC, the federal Culture Secretariat, INAH, Mexico City’s government and the Iztapalapa mayor’s office, with UNESCO noting free, prior and informed consent and strong audiovisual documentation.