heritage practised in communities throughout western Oman and the United Arab Emirates. It involves dance, chanting and drum music. It is performed by two facing rows of twenty or more men, simulating a battle scene, with performers carrying thin bamboo sticks to signify spears or swords. The rows alternate movements signifying victory or defeat, c...7 December 2012
Paris
18.COM 1.BUR : Examination of requests for International Assistance up to US$100,000
that Botswana has requested International Assistance for the project entitled Sustaining Seperu folk dance and associated practices: To be implemented by the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, this eighteen-month project aims to safeguard ‘Seperu folk dance and associated practices’, an element inscribed on the List of Intangible Cu...22 March 2023
UNESCO Headquarters
certain people. The Al-Hashi is a veiled woman, always one of the inviters’ relatives, who sings and dances in front of the Al-Samer row while wearing an Abaya (a loose, black garment worn over the traditional garment). Another person is the ‘Wasq Al-Hashi’, one of the Al-Hashi’s relatives, who takes hold of her sleeve or Abaya and asks her...1 December 2018
Port Louis
st of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Hiragasy is a performing art composed of song, dance and speech. Originating in the central highlands of Madagascar, the performance takes place in public spaces. It generally involves two troupes and lasts about one hour and thirty minutes, following a standard structure, including drumming, gre...8 December 2023
Kasane
wear colourful traditional uniforms, carry historic weapons and perform the traditional circle kolo dance. Boka Navy is the backbone of the annual St. Tryphon festivities, which take place from 13 January through 3 February and include a procession and a series of rituals in the cathedral. The external festivities begin with the Boka Navy’s trad...18 December 2021
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da for submitting, on time, its first report on the status of the element ‘Ma’di bowl lyre music and dance’, inscribed in 2016 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the efforts described in the report submitted by Uganda to safeguard the element, in particular through raising awareness among...18 December 2021
Online
f Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, described as follows: The music and dance of the traditional Ango-Broto fanfare are an expression of the spirit of the ancestors of the Broto community, a subgroup of the Banda people in Ouaka Prefecture, Central African Republic. The musicians perform in groups including young and old...29 November 2011
Bali
to Morocco for submitting, on time, its first report on the status of the element ‘Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas’, inscribed in 2017 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the efforts undertaken by the State Party to safeguard the element, in particular through supporting th...3 December 2022
Rabat
cing and drum singing are indigenous forms of Inuit artistic expression and music in Greenland. Drum dances and songs are frequently performed during national holidays, festive celebrations and social events, by a single person or a group. A single drum dancer may also perform with a choir. During a drum dance, the performer lightly bends his or he...18 December 2021
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of a three-stringed lute and the strong sounds of a praise drum. Some Ca trù performances also include dance. The varied forms of Ca trù fulfil different social purposes, including worship singing, singing for entertainment, singing in royal palaces and competitive singing. Ca trù has fifty-six different musical forms or melodies, each of which...2 October 2009
Abu Dhabi