
public festivities, and when welcoming guests. Dancers dress as kings, war commanders, knights and horse-mounted warriors to narrate the story of the Bantarangin Kingdom and its king. Reog is characterized by the Dadak Merak, a large mask resembling a tiger’s head with a peacock perched on top. For the Ponorogo community, it is a source of pride...
Indonesiat and requires great skill in handling camels, as well as talent for singing and musical skill on the horse head fiddle or flute. Most herdswomen engage in techniques and methods of coaxing, but professional coaxers may be enlisted to undertake the ritual when a singer or musician is unavailable within the local community. The ritual acts as a symb...
MongoliaThe Committee Takes note that the Islamic Republic of Iran has nominated Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling (No. 01282) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Chogān is a traditional horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling; it has a history of o...
9 December 2017>Jeju Island
rtunity to group together, buy, sell and exchange foodstuffs and other products, organize camel and horse-breeding competitions, celebrate weddings and consult herbalists. The Moussem also included a range of cultural expressions such as musical performances, popular chanting, games, poetry contests and other Hassanie oral traditions. These gathe...
MoroccoTwo new elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List
st of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan) Paach ceremony (Guatemala) Inscriptions on this List help to mobilize international cooperation and assistance for stakeholders to undertake appropriate measures to safeguard intangible...
Azerbaijan3 December 2013>
ntangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: In Nigeria, Durbar is a procession of about 10,000 men on horses, and men and women on foot. It takes place during the ninth and twelfth months of the Muslim calendar to mark the Eid el-Fitr and Eid el-Kabir every year. The central figure of the Durbar procession is the Emir and his palace courtiers, offici...
6 December 2024>Asunción
Cultural space of Boysun District
es; the circumcision of boys is accompanied by goat fights and various games, such as wrestling and horse races. Ancient practices are still often used to conduct wedding ceremonies, funeral rites and shamanistic rituals to cure the sick. Among other popular traditions are ritual chants linked to annual festivals, epic legends and dances. Wind or s...
Uzbekistansubmitting, on time, its second report on the status of the element ‘Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan’, inscribed in 2013 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 thro...
3 December 2022>Rabat
r submitting, on time, its first report on the status of the element ‘Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan’, inscribed in 2013 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding; Takes note of the continued efforts undertaken by Azerbaijan to safeguard the element in various reg...
1 December 2018>Port Louis
Heritageof Dede Korkyt, assembilng of a yurta, traditional playing of Kazakh kyi, spring holiday of horse breeders. Last year the list was amended with an ancient Kazakh game toguz-kumalak. Academician Myrzatay Zholdasbekov, Chairman of National ICH Committee, and poet and ambassador Olzhas Suleimenov, Head of the International Center of Rapprochem...
26 October 2021 - 27 October 2021>Ulytau/Online