Moment in which the groups of barrileteros begin to raise the kites to be exhibited at the fair. It is the moment in which they see the culmination of more than three months of work creating the giant kite. Fairgoers watch and capture the moment
© Ministry of Culture and Sports
5 December 2024

During this year’s session in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed 2 elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding , 61 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (three of them were transferred from the Urgent Safeguarding List to the Representative List); in addition three programmes were included in the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. The chairperson for the session is H.E. Ms Nancy Ovelar de Gorostiaga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Paraguay to UNESCO.

This year’s 2024 inscriptions observe the first-ever inscriptions for Brunei Darussalam, Ghana, Myanmar, Rwanda and Somalia.

UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists now feature 788 elements corresponding to 150 countries.

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