27 November 2014
The ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today inscribed sixteen new elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Representative List serves to raise awareness of intangible heritage and provide recognition to communities’ traditions and know-how that reflect their cultural diversity. The List does not attribute or recognize any standard of excellence or exclusivity. The titles of the newly inscribed elements below lead to web pages with information, pictures and videos:
- Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry (Lebanon)
- Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi (Malawi)
- Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala (Mali)
- Traditional Mauritian Sega (Mauritius)
- Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting (Mongolia)
- Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree (Morocco)
- Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger (Niger)
- Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (Oman, United Arab Emirates)
- Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno (Peru)
- Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal (Portugal)
- Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea)
- Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day (Serbia)
- Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
- Ebru, Turkish art of marbling (Turkey)
- Askiya, the art of wit (Uzbekistan)
- Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh (Viet Nam)
The Committee will still have to examine a number of items on its last day tomorrow. Follow the meeting live via live audiocast(audio in EN/FR/AR).
Meeting:
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9th session of the Intergovernmental Committee (24 November 2014 – 28 November 2014)