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Discover the newly inscribed elements on the 2003 Convention Lists!
eece: August 15th (Dekapentavgoustos) festivities in two Highland Communities of Northern Greece: Tranos Choros (Grand Dance) in Vlasti and Syrrako Festival Andorra and France: Bear festivities in the Pyrenees Slovenia: Beekeeping in Slovenia, a way of life Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Syrian Arab Republic: Crafting and playing the Oud|ele... international
1 December 2022
Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs
n Sardinia. The most common melodies are the serenade boche ’e notte (’the voice of the night’) and dance songs such as the mutos, gosos and ballos. The lyrics are either ancient or contemporary poems on present-day issues, such as emigration, unemployment and politics. In this sense, the songs can be regarded as both traditional and contempo... Italy
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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
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region
f cow-herders of the Greater Magdalena region and the chants of African slaves with the traditional dance rhythms of the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. These expressions are also blended with Spanish poetry and musical instruments of European derivation. The lyrics of traditional Vallenato music interpret the world through s... Colombia
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Sustaining Seperu folk dance and associated practices
roject aims to establish suitable conditions for safeguarding semba, a traditional musical genre and dance, by creating opportunities for intergenerational transmission and income generation. Rooted in working-class neighbourhoods, semba is a symbol of Angolan identity-building and anticolonial resistance. However, lately it has begun to lose influ... Botswana
2023-08-02 - 28-02-2025
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Opening of 10th session of Intangible Heritage Committee in Windhoek
nd Culture of Namibia. Elemotho, the Namibian musician, performed at the ceremony, which also included a dance performance and poetry reading. “UNESCO has over the years rightly placed great emphasis on the protection of humanity’s intangible heritage. Central to UNESCO’s mission is the recognition that whatever human beings have created, b... Namibia
30 November 2015
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Cultural expressions and slave trade abolition
inctive cultural identity. As one of the most recognizable embodiments of that identity, the music, dance and poetry of tango both embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue. Read more… %%%......25 November 2015
(2 February). The traditional llama llama or diablada in worship of the Uru god Tiw became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro. The Carnival, which takes place every year, lasts ten days and gives rise to a panoply of popular arts expressed in masks, textiles and embroidery. The main event in the Carnival is the procession or entrada. During... Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
eworks and spreading music among the joyous audience. All of these characters join to perform the final dance, the Tirabol. The Patum of Berga, which has preserved its mix of profane and religious features through centuries, stands out from the region’s other festivals that have come down from the Middle Ages owing to its richness and diversity,... Spain
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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
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