Unesco members will decide what other landmarks deserve to be considered an official part of the worlds cultural legacy. Among germanys contenders a very insidious outscore which argues its medieval system of Water Management artificial brocks canals sluices than sawmills some nearly 500 years old deserving asco recognition. Its a tall centering mine in the or mountains straddling the german czech border is also in contention communities on both sides came together to lobby unesco on the project. From the beginning on it was a project to bring together all the municipalities on both sides of the border and to give them the chance to work for the 1st time together not against each other to Work Together for a Better Development of the area on the basic over scotch will a natural richness and its. Natural richness. Natural for at the center of icelands unesco nomination the National Park includes europes largest as well as 10 active volcanoes unesco nomination would also be a political statement the glacier is rapidly shrinking due to climate change. Politics of a different kind could impact russias bid for recognition of the Historic Center to scoff one of the oldest cities in russia the Russian Cultural Ministry has warned us though it would not be fair or right if bischoff was not included among this years selections. And are joined by the author of reports rocks for a. Unesco willed heritage site sounds impression presses but they really mean anything does it matter if a site gets picked well it can yeah i mean there is a legal connection to this as well if a psych is recognized as the u. S. World heritage site it gives it Legal Protection also under the geneva conventions so cannot be destroyed even in an act of war so theres that but also it can also have another effect in sort of revive a site i mean theres a great example. Of the ancient city in the southern italy its where the residents lived in these caves in the mountainside now. Years ago was really in disrepair and the Italian Government actually wanted to bulldoze but the residents got together and they lost between esko to name a World Heritage site they got the designation and lo and behold money poured in tourists poured in the whole place was completely revived and this year just this year it was named the European Capital city of culture ok but now the u. S. Going to badger of all know if you like also it comes with responsibilities to protect to maintain sinai what happens if countries dont do this yeah ok yes he does have a few sort of tools to enforce the the regulations around the protection of these sites they can put aside on an danger list to warn countries that they have to protect that they can even remove a site from the list but in practice those kind of toothless i mean they dont tend to. That much i mean a great example there is is venice i mean venice has been on the nasco World Heritage site list since 1907 but of course venice is really threatened by these huge cruise ships these massive cruise ship see as as we see which are which which are really coming into the lagoon destroying the lagoon flooding the city with with with with tourists causing a lot of problems for locals make you know its impossible for locals to even live in venice the locals have a lot. To remove venice from from the World Heritage site list theres been a lot of protests against that but so far has hasnt really done anything theyve just talked about removing it but they havent really done it has have they ever revoked world status in the u. S. This entire history its only happened twice what examples here in germany happened because then the elbe. River valley that runs by address and that was designated a World Heritage site back in 2004 but dresden wanted to build a bridge over. And. Didnt want them to build it they opposed it dresden did build the bridge you know esko then pull the plug and they remove them from the World Heritage now us earlier this year the u. S. Pulled out of unesco why would anyone want to pull out of something called the United NationsEducational Scientific and cultural denies asian briefly if you will yeah well i mean united Education Culture science i dont know dont trump was good with any of those words but no seriously was a political decision. Unesco named have drawn a palestinian Cultural Heritage site that offended israel who called the decision anti sematic us agreed with us and israel pulled out and you see that way what we call wholesale heritage has a lot to do with politics and always as long as you like all scott im thank you very much the decisions will be made this weekend. Now to the cooks town folk festival in america where you can experience of traditions of the pennsylvania dutch you started settling there over 300 years ago incidentally pennsylvania dutch is an angler sized form of deutsch in other words german nothing to do with holland and anyway many traditions originate from german immigrants who settled in pennsylvania including a kind of pattern of german and english which youre going to hear in a minute but 1st of all these was a cold but on stop was. The stars can be spotted from a distance on many barns nestled in the hills of pennsylvania a centuries old tradition brought to america by german immigrants a small part of the local culture. Tetrick dawn moir of cooked style and university has documented hundreds of foreign stars in the region he believes the immigrants painted them as a reflection of their everyday lives as farmers. They thought about the stars in the sky as being emblematic of a sense of cosmic order and thats something thats very important to an agricultural people so when we see stars in the artwork of the pennsylvania dutch we can see that theres theres a narrative that runs through all aspects of life. Like many in this part of pennsylvania patrick don moyer is a descendant of immigrants from the palatine region in southwestern germany at the folk festival and on lawyer shows how to paint barn stars an art form hes trying to preserve for future generations. This particular star utilizes contrast colors of yellow and black to create edges that appear to move when you paint them many of these designs alternate the color so that they appear to have a spinning effect. The 1st of those showcases the regions german heritage drawing 130000 visitors over the course of 90 days the highlights are barnstormers in all different shapes and colors. German im eric and treats and music familiar from the other side of the atlantic. Even the socalled pennsylvania dutch and german dialect from the peloton region is still spoken here today by some. That if you know painted doing a. Human mind can i can. At the german Cultural Heritage center a classroom from 870 which now serves as a museum as were pennsylvania dutch is still today. Idioms life. Your money for a shuffle it so hot dont work too hard close to dialects of southwestern germany but had her dawn meyer says pennsylvania dutch has developed into a language of its own. Me and feel my overall tone on such broke box for television. So is this episode all this is this all it is is this. Middle winds a light. In america artificial light skinned or for the right one of your so brokers or net you should itis this all american issue. Over the centuries this piece of fairy turd has become a part of what pennsylvania stands for today the marne stars are a reminder of the many german immigrants who made america their new home the. Same with language its time to meet the germans were revealed all about special quirks of the inhabitants of this country and germans do love the english language and use english words a lot but not always correctly and just to remind you theres a word that might upset our american viewers right now that we dont find rude rachel mentions it briefly at the beginning of this report so youd be warned. Welcome back to english words the german news wrongly in part one we have a handy public viewing well there. Have thought but theres plenty more where that came from here we go. In english a mob is a rowdy group of people to mob is to crowd into or around your. Sales for office the mob found them. Then of course know them. But in german mobbing specifically means bullying usually at school or in the workplace. German asks you to send them something by mail youre a little thrown hey sure there are still plenty of phones of analog here you set your house for a number nope buy a stamp and pop it in the post box of course that turns out they actually meant email english mail german mail. This is a personal pet hate the shows like to. Down on inferior bread making cultures and fairness they have great bread but that does not excuse this abuse of the english language the germans call this toast i call this dessert to toast means to cook or brown something by exposure to radiant heat toast is only toast if its been toasted theres all this however appetizing you might find it its still bread. We need to clear this one up if someone starts talking to you in german about a shooting dont worry theyre probably just talking about a photography or film expression the correct english term would be issued a subtle but very important difference. Shooting star meteor that produces a bright light as it passes through the earths atmosphere the germans are rather poetically adopted this as a specific terms or someone who is shot to success but the sad thing about shooting star is that it turns out pretty quickly. Thanks rachel im glad weve cleared those ones up especially the one about toast before im old meat the germans episodes on our website at g. W. Dot com slash culture of course lots more about all things cultural. Todays show bubba. Does. Appreciate music. For swiss cheese maker is trying it out. His lemon tart receives plenty of loving attention. And he plays music for it as well so can you taste the difference was the idea a cheesy one. In 30 minutes on the double. Closely. Carefully. Dont move the suit she needs to be a good. Match. To discover her. Played. Subscribe to the documentary. Reads as you know the sex phone operator or work her masters thesis on the potato. Not a turn on well it gets more ridiculous from their. List traditionally trained to. Play. Such place. Blame. This is g. W. News live from berlin the struggle to rehabilitate fighters from one of the worlds most violent militant groups theyve terrorized somalia for years killing many innocent people but now some alshabaab terrorists are being offered a chance to leave the group and rejoin society spoke exclusively to some former militants trying to come to terms with their violent past also coming up prodemocracy activists in hong kong fear their situation could get worse as Police Announce the arrest