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Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order
other prepares offerings of rock salt, fish and ritual food for the spirits, and performs music and dance. The ritual combines knowledge of agriculture, food processing, handicrafts (costumes, tools and musical instruments) and the construction of houses and fishing dams. Yaokwa and the local biodiversity it celebrates represent an extremely delica... Brazil
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rope walker executes a variety of acrobatic feats on the rope, along with jokes, mimicry, songs and dance, while a clown engages the tightrope walker in joking banter, and a team of musicians plays music to accompany the entertainment. The tightrope walker starts with simpler feats, gradually moving to more difficult acrobatics, displaying some for...29 November 2011
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tended to summon the Plague Deity so that he could be transformed into a protective spirit through music, dance and worship. Today, the yamahoko parade is a representative urban summer festival showcasing the creative spirit and artistry of the float-building districts and providing entertainment for the entire city. Decides that, from the informa...2 October 2009
Abu Dhabi
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oped as a military port on the Pacific and a harbour providing shelter to passing ships. Drawing on dances from other cities demonstrated to them by visiting sailors, the people of Miura began the tradition of Chakkirako to celebrate the New Year and bring fortune and a bountiful catch of fish in the months to come. By the mid-eighteenth century, t...2 October 2009
Abu Dhabi
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’s poetry) have been planned. The Ministry also organizes international festivals devoted to the Ahellil, Sufism, traditional song and dance and ancient music and regularly schedules inter-county cultural weeks to give populations the opportunity to discover the subtlety and wealth of other peoples’ popular arts and traditions. Promotion of the...
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authorities in the country and of many other countries. Singers recite litanies and then some 8,000 dancers take over, split into 45 groups according to a ritual transmitted from generation to generation. It ends with a service in the basilica. The current procession is a religious event deeply rooted in the tradition expressed through prayer, s...19 November 2010
Nairobi
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno
g. The festival continues with two contests that attract numerous groups gathering several thousand dancers and musicians from across the region. The main practitioners are rural and urban inhabitants of the Puno region who belong to the Quechua and Aymara ethnic groups. Many emigrants from Puno also return to participate, reinforcing a sense of cu... Peru
l culture and physical space is influential on the art of the region – including religious images, murals, dance and music – and the traditions that embody it are central components of the cultural identity of the community.,The element is a cultural space encompassing symbolic and spiritual meanings and practices related to nature and rooted i... Mexico
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ur Creative Diversity” notes that the 1972 Convention is not appropriate for celebrating and protecting artifacts and such expressions as dance or oral traditions, and calls for the development of other forms of recognition to match the true range and wealth of heritage found across the world 1997/1998 – UNESCO launches the Proclamation of Mas......9 May 2018
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India
ation of a version of the epic of Rama and various legends, and the performance of songs and masked dances. The festival is organized by villagers, and each caste and occupational group has a distinct role. For example, youth and the elders perform, the Brahmans lead the prayers and perform the rituals, and the Bhandaris – representing locals of... India
