
The Committee Takes note that Serbia has nominated Kolo, traditional folk dance (No. 01270) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Kolo is a traditional, collective folk dance performed by dancers who are interlinked to form a chain, usually moving in a circular line holding hands with their a...
9 December 2017>Jeju Island
The Committee Takes note that Palestine has nominated Dabkeh, traditional dance in Palestine (No. 01998) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Dabkeh is a group dance in Palestine that is accompanied by traditional wind instruments and popular singing. Dabkeh is performed by eleven dancers, re...
8 December 2023>Kasane
,Cheoyongmu Cheoyongmu is a court dance today performed on stage but formerly used to dispel evil spirits and pray for tranquillity at royal banquets or during exorcism rites on New Year’s Eve to promote good fortune. Based on the Korean legend of Cheoyong, a son of the dragon king Yongwang, who took human form and saved his human wife from the s...
Republic of Koreainvolved in this project whose practitioners and bearers are Afro-descendants, such as: • Language, dance and music of the Garifuna (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) • Cocolo dance drama tradition (Dominican Republic) • La Tumba Francesa (Cuba) • Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture (Panama) ,UNESCO, together with...
Belize, Cuba
, Honduras
, Panama
12 May 2022>
as allowed both expressions to become representations of the mestizo and afro-descendant identity of the region. The dance of the ‘negritos’ is mostly performed by men to the tune of a long fiddle, along with singing, shoe-tapping dance and bells. The dance of ‘pallitas’ is performed by women to the sound of the guitar or fiddle, accompanie...
14 December 2019>Bogotá
US$1.02 million project launched in Asia and the Pacific
plays in our daily lives. Among them you will find, The Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian traditional folk dance, The Sbek Thom, Khmer Shadow Theatre of Cambodia and The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse, Bhutan....
Bhutan, Cambodia
, Mongolia
, Nepal
, Samoa
27 January 2012>
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores The ritual ceremony of the Voladores (‘flying men’) is a fertility dance performed by several ethnic groups in Mexico and Central America, especially the Totonac people in the eastern state of Veracruz, to express respect for and harmony with the natural and spiritual worlds. During the ceremony, four young men...
MexicoNachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival
ts, four players of Binzasara, a musical string instrument, and two others. Eight to ten performers dance to the music in a variety of formations. There are 22 repertoires, each performed in 45 minutes. The dance is currently performed and transmitted by the Association for the Preservation of Nachi Dengaku, consisting of local residents of Nachisa...
JapanField survey and inventorying of ICH elements in Fiji
he theoretical role-play with the analysis of 3 Fijian elements: Vakamalolo tradition sitting meke (dance) of the Tui Lawa people of Yanuya; salt making traditions from Lomawi village, and the making of traditional fishing nets of the Sawau people of Beqa. Several practitioners shared their knowledge of selected elements so that participants could...
1 April 2017 - 31 July 2017>Fiji
Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur
ices centre on the temple, where performers narrate the lives and deeds of Krishna through song and dance. In a typical performance, two drummers and about ten singer-dancers perform in a hall or domestic courtyard encircled by seated devotees. The dignity and flow of aesthetic and religious energy is unparalleled, moving audience members to tears...
India