Fileteado

thumb|A self-referencing example of the art form. Fileteado () is a type of artistic drawing and lettering, with stylised lines and flowered, climbing plants, typically used in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is used to adorn all kinds of beloved objects: signs, taxis, trucks, and even old colectivos, Buenos Aires's buses.

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Intangible heritage.Image: 200px
Intangible heritage.Caption: Detail of a filete
Intangible heritage.ICH: Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique
Intangible heritage.State Party: Argentina
Intangible heritage.ID: 1069
Intangible heritage.Region: LAC
Intangible heritage.Year: 2015
Intangible heritage.Session: 10th
Intangible heritage.List: Representative
Intangible heritage.Link: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/filete-porteno-in-buenos-aires-a-traditional-painting-technique-01069

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Instance of: art style
Country: Argentina
Country of origin: Argentina

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Commons category: Fileteado
Commons gallery: Fileteado
described at URL: ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01069
intangible cultural heritage status: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

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Filetes (the lines in fileteado style) are usually full of colored ornaments and symmetries completed with poetic phrases, sayings and aphorisms, both humorous or roguish, emotional or philosophical. They have been part of the culture of Porteños (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) since the beginnings of the 20th century.

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