The Committee Takes note that Thailand has nominated Nora, dance drama in southern Thailand (no. 01587) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Nora is a lively and acrobatic form of dance theatre and improvisational singing from southern Thailand. Performances normally include a long oral invo...18 December 2021
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tative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or ‘Shakti’. The dance takes place around a perforated earthenware pot lit with an oil lamp, or an image of the m...8 December 2023
Kasane
d of Urgent Safeguarding: In Indonesia, Reog Ponorogo Performing Art is a centuries-old theatrical dance that is traditionally performed on various occasions, including disaster aversion ceremonies, village cleansing events, weddings, Islamic and national holidays, circumcisions, thanksgiving ceremonies, public festivities, and when welcoming gues...6 December 2024
Asunción
18.COM 2.BUR : Examination of requests for International Assistance up to US$100,000
or the project entitled Identification, capacity-building, safeguarding and promotion of traditional dances of Togo as a vector of sustainable cultural development: To be implemented by CUL.DEV (Culture and Development), an accredited NGO under the Convention, this twenty-five-month project aims to identify, safeguard and promote traditional dance...5 June 2023
UNESCO Headquarters
teur organizations. The practice is a complex phenomenon that combines elements of wrestling, music, dance and special garments (‘chokha’). Having had a combat function until the late Middle Ages, Chidaoba gradually became a spectacular sport. Tournaments take place in an open-air arena, surrounded by a large audience, accompanied by a wind ins...1 December 2018
Port Louis
The Committee, Takes note that Botswana has nominated Seperu folkdance and associated practices (No. 01502) for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: The Seperu folkdance and associated practices involve singing, dancing and sacred rituals that are highly significant in the lives of Veekuhane com...14 December 2019
Bogotá
mmittee Takes note that Kazakhstan has nominated Orteke, traditional performing art in Kazakhstan: dance, puppet and music (No. 01878) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Orteke is an indigenous Kazakh performing art that combines theatre, music and puppetry. This folk art entails a music pe...3 December 2022
Rabat
for submitting its report on the status of the element ‘Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance’, inscribed in 2009 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the efforts undertaken by the State Party to respond to the concerns raised by the Committee at the time of inscription; Invites...28 November 2014
Paris
il both roles. The best bands are considered to be those which are in a direct relationship with the dancers, and if the musicians know how to dance too, this produces a harmonious connection. Traditional music bands perform at Sunday dances (the village hora) and there are also dance bands in most villages, each of which has its own cyclic reperto...19 December 2020
Paris