Ribbons ceremony on World Olive Tree Day concludes culinary campaign

Ribbons ceremony on World Olive Tree Day concludes culinary campaign

AMMAN — Three ribbons were tied to the branches of an olive tree at a farm in the Eastern Madaba Desert on November 26  to celebrate World Olive Tree Day — a symbolic day that was added by UNESCO and the International Olive Council to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2019. 

The blue ribbon represents international peace, pink for health and green for environment and sustainability, according to a statement from the organisers.

The ribbons were tied by local children from the nearby community with Simon Poole from Cambridge, author about the Mediterranean diet, Amelia Bilbeisi, extra virgin olive oil specialist, Nico Dingemans from the Netherlands, founder of From Farm to Fork in Jordan and Maisa Miqdadi, culinary heritage specialist.