On Saturday November 8th 2003, the "Carnaval from Binche" was awarded by the UNESCO as a masterpiece of the oral and immaterial Humanity. Charles Michiels chose four popular melodies (Traditional Air from Gilles, "Les Sans-Soucis", "Vivent Les Bleus" and the folk song from Mons "l'Air Du Doudou") to create a medley for wind band.