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Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi
nce of Christ in the Sacrament. Groups of adults, young men and children disguised as masked devils dance backwards in penitence as an official of the Catholic Church carries forth the Blessed Sacrament. String and percussion instruments provide musical accompaniment and worshippers carry maracas to ward off evil spirits. At the climax of the celeb... Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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y-based approach, including a major safeguarding programme for afro-descendant and indigenous foodways, dances, music, legends and traditions. Books and other more popular materials on ICH elements, such as brochures, have also been published. For example, seven cultural coursebooks have been compiled on the main traditional expressions of the six...
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s, deities and rinpoches. The chanting is performed in groups, either sitting indoors or accompanied by dance in monastery courtyards or private houses. The monks wear special costumes and make hand gestures (mudras) representing the divine Buddha, and instruments such as bells, drums, cymbals and trumpets lend musicality and rhythm to the chanting...7 December 2012
Paris
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private family events or in public spaces. Songs sung in a minor key gradually increase in tempo, as dancers move their hips and hands to a percussive beat, using short steps to manoeuvre around each other in a variety of different formations. Each soloist improvises lyrics in the Creole language, sometimes blended with other languages, while a fra...28 November 2014
Paris
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d public holidays. Today, they play a crucial role in stage performances, local festivities such as dances, and urban táncház (‘dance-house’ or folkdance parties). A group's repertoire can include thousands of melodies, which village musicians play entirely from memory. In addition to memory-based oral transmission, melodies are now also...3 December 2022
Rabat
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the basis of a wider cultural heritage, including traditional dress, food, songs, music, poetry and dance, all of which are sustained by the communities and clubs that practise it. Decides that, from the information provided in nomination file No. 00442, falconry, a living human heritage satisfies the criteria for inscription on the Representativ...19 November 2010
Nairobi
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also benefit from the Fund in the amount of US$ 24,928.30 to enhance the safeguarding of music and dance practices of the Lozi and Nkoya people located in Kaoma District, in the Western Province. The Zambia National Commission for UNESCO will lead the implementation of the project in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Arts with the aim... Lesotho
, Zambia
23 June 2016
Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké
place over fifteen hours using large and small mesh fishing nets. It is immediately followed by a masked dance on the public square featuring Buwa dancers from San and neighbouring villages who wear traditional costumes and hats decorated with cowrie shells and feathers and perform specific choreography to the rhythms of a variety of drums. Traditi... Mali
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The 17th session of the Committee begins with an opening ceremony in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco
Many festive living heritage practices were also performed, and guests had the pleasure to witness dancers of Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas, inscribed in 2017 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and Gnawa, inscribed in 2019 on the Representative List. Participants also enjoyed couscous fo... international
28 November 2022
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harmonic tones. The oud is played solo or in ensembles and is accompanied by traditional songs and dance in a wide range of events. Its practice is transmitted through apprenticeships and in musical centres, colleges and universities in urban areas. Crafters are mostly men, although in recent years young women have developed an interest as well....3 December 2022
Rabat