The Committee Takes note that Thailand has nominated Khon, masked dance drama in Thailand (No. 01385) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Khon, the Khon Masked Dance Drama in Thailand, is a performing art that combines musical, vocal, literary, dance, ritual and handicraft elements. Khon pe...1 December 2018
Port Louis
eritage of Humanity, described as follows: Sada Shin Noh comprises a series of ritual purification dances performed every year on 24 and 25 September at the Sada Shrine in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan as part of the gozakae ritual of the changing of the rush mats. The dances are undertaken to purify new rush mats (goza), upon which the t...29 November 2011
Bali
eciation to Indonesia for submitting, on time, its third report on the status of the element ‘Saman dance’, inscribed in 2011 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 its promotion and by diversifying occasi...6 December 2024
Asunción
aue Odori, residents of the town of Akiu in northern Japan pray for a good harvest by simulating in dance the actions involved in transplanting rice. Performed since the end of the seventeenth century in communities throughout the region, the Akiu no Taue Odori today takes place during festivals in the spring or autumn. Ten female dancers dressed i...2 October 2009
Abu Dhabi
The Committee, Takes note that Mongolia has nominated Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian traditional folk dance for inscription on the Urgent Safeguarding List, described as follows: The Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian Traditional Folk Dance is performed by dancers from different ethnic groups in the Khovd and Uvs provinces of Mongolia. Regarded as the origin...2 October 2009
Abu Dhabi
The Committee Takes note that Azerbaijan has nominated Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan (No. 01190) for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: Yalli, traditional group dances, are dance expressions based exclusively on collective performances. Typically, yalli are p...1 December 2018
Port Louis
on time, its first report on the status of the element ‘Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan’, inscribed in 2018 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 by documenting and raising awaren...8 December 2023
Kasane
The Committee, Takes note that the Dominican Republic has nominated Music and dance of Dominican Bachata (No. 01514) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The music and dance of Dominican Bachata is a danceable musical expression, deriving from a fusion of rhythmic bolero with other Afro-Anti...14 December 2019
Bogotá
The Committee, Takes note that India has nominated Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, described as follows: Songs and dances are an expression of the Kalbelia community’s traditional way of life. Once professional snake handlers, Kalbelia today...19 November 2010
Nairobi
at France has nominated Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Fest-Noz is a festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional Breton dances, accompanied by singing or instrumental musi...7 December 2012
Paris