File image: The carnival of Aalst was added to UNESCO's list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2010. Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images File image: The carnival of Aalst was added to UNESCO's list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2010.
But the presence in the parade of a float caricaturing Orthodox Jews with hooked noses and sitting on gold bags outraged Belgium’s 40,000-strong Jewish community. “The citizens of Aalst have suffered grotesque accusations,” the mayor said in a press release sent to TV Oost Nieuws, according to Belga news agency.
A statement released by the meeting in Bogota announcing the decision said: “UNESCO is faithful to its founding principles of dignity, equality and mutual respect among peoples and condemns all forms of racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia.” “It is not the first time that these racist and anti-Semitic floats have marched in this festival,” she added.
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