A Belgian carnival has been removed from UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list after officials found the 'recurrence of racist and anti-Semitic representations' to be incompatible with its principles
was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , but has been widely condemned by Jewish organizations.
In December, the town's mayor Christoph D'Haese signaled that the town wanted to end the association with UNESCO after criticism that a float at this year's parade was"anti-Semitic." D'Haese had defended the carnival as satire, but Hans Knoop, a spokesman for the Belgian Forum of Jewish Organization told CNN earlier this month that the carnival float featured the same imagery used to portray Jews in Nazi Germany.
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