
Report on the implementation of the Convention
age to be completed by late 2015. Bhutan has one element inscribed on the Representative List, the Mask dance of the drums from Drametse (2008), originally proclaimed in 2005 as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Some specific safeguarding activities have been undertaken for the Mask dance, including training for several...
Dekapentavgoustos) festivities in two Highland Communities of Northern Greece: Tranos Choros (Grand Dance) in Vlasti and Syrrako Festival (No. 01726) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The Tranos Choros (Grand Dance) and Syrrako festival are celebrated nationwide in Greece to commemorate the...
3 December 2022>Rabat
right full moon, dozens of young, unmarried village women gather in a circle, join hands and sing and dance all night under the direction of a lead singer. During interludes, the women playfully mime vignettes reflecting life in a farm or fishing village, including treading on roof tiles, unrolling a mat, catching a mouse or tying herrings. The dan...
Republic of KoreaThe Committee Takes note that Panama has nominated Dances and expressions associated with the Corpus Christi Festivity (no. 01612) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The Corpus Christi festival is a religious festival in Panama that celebrates the body and blood of Christ. The festival com...
18 December 2021>Online
complete Meshrep event includes a rich collection of traditions and performance arts, such as music, dance, drama, folk arts, acrobatics, oral literature, foodways and games. Uygur muqam is the most comprehensive art form included in the event, integrating song, dance and entertainment. Meshrep functions both as a ‘court’, where the host media...
19 November 2010>Nairobi
The Committee Takes note that Uganda has nominated Ma’di bowl lyre music and dance (No. 01187) for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: The Ma’di bowl lyre music and dance is a cultural practice of the Madi people of Uganda. Passed on by the community’s ancestors, the songs and dances invo...
2 December 2016>Addis Ababa
,First report of Mongolia on the status of the element ‘Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance’ ,The Mongol Biyelgee is performed by dancers from different ethnic groups in two provinces of Mongolia, embodying the nomadic way of life. Typically confined to the small space inside the ger (nomadic dwelling), dances are performed while...
inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: The mapiko dance is a celebratory dance practiced by the Makonde people of Mozambique. A part of the traditional rite of passage from puberty to adulthood, the dance is performed in an enclosure, usually under mango trees, with dancers, musicians and the public...
8 December 2023>Kasane
The Committee Takes note that Côte d’Ivoire has nominated Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire (No. 01255) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Zaouli is a popular music and dance practised by the Guro communities of the Bouaflé and Zuénoula depart...
9 December 2017>Jeju Island
ed Africans who arrived with the French settlers in the early eighteenth century. They used to practise this dance at night in the forest, at a distance from the plantation house where their masters lived. Historically, Moutya was a psychological comfort against hardship and poverty and a means of resisting servitude and social injustice. A sensual...
18 December 2021>Online