Australian Cornish pasty region concerned about protected ruling
4th March 2011
Organisers of the annual Cornish festival in South Australia said the ruling threatens their heritage and want an exemption.
The festival is held in the state’s Yorke Peninsula region, which was populated by Cornish miners who came to work in the region’s copper mines.
The area is peppered with Cornish pasty bakeries and cafés and the festival, which has been held since 1973, claims to be the world’s biggest.
Question: Are festival organizers in Australia accustomed to worrying about what some Eurocrats think? I’m fairly sure that their counterparts in America, if any, would blow it off.