Joumou soup is “so much more than just a dish,” said Audrey Azoulay, the director-general of UNESCO. “It tells the story of the heroes and heroines of Haitian independence, their struggle ...

Rose Felicien, 62, mashes baked pumpkin while preparing traditional soup joumou, in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023.

PARIS (AP) — The United Nations cultural agency on Thursday placed a traditional Haitian soup widely seen as a symbol of the nation’s independence on its prized intangible cultural heritage list.