proclaimed at the same time, encouraging respect for human creativity and cultural diversity. The same is reported for the Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre, following its proclamation in 2003, and for the Nohgaku theatre, following its proclamation in 2001. Among the elements inscribed in 2009, for instance, news of the inscription of Akiu no...
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xhibitions, festivals and similar events such as the Batik Summit (2011), the Wayang Summit (2012, with puppetry performances from Indonesia and nine other countries), the Saman Summit (2012) and the International Ramayana Festival in 2013 with 600 performers of Ramayana arts from nine countries. Education about intangible cultural heritage is of p...
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e breeding traditions Spain: Manual bell ringing Kazakhstan: Orteke, traditional performing art in Kazakhstan: dance, puppet and music Azerbaijan: Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestling Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Pyongyang Raengmyon custom Algeria: Raï, popular folk song of Algeria Afgha...
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Examples of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria*
n 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) Karaköz shadow puppet theatre This tradition, which appeared in the Arab world in the twelfth century, may already have disappeared. A few years ago, I met one of its last practitioners in Cairo in Hassan Geretly’s drama group, al-Warsha. The figurines, in leath...
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ore and ethnographic groups; song and dance ensembles; maqom ensembles; artists of ancient musical instruments and folk puppet groups feature regularly. Many international festivals have been organised by non-governmental and non-profit organisations from 2008 to 2012. In the period 2008 to 2014, a number of capacity-building seminars were held for...
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners
Inscribed,Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners ,Fujian Puppetry is an outstanding representation of Chinese performing arts, consisting predominately of string-pulled puppetry and hand puppetry. In the course of its history, it has accumulated a considerable repertoire of traditional plays and arias, and has als...
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he Representative List that are subject to reporting in this cycle: ''Opera dei Pupi'', Sicilian puppet theatre (incorporated in 2008, having previously been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001); ''Canto a tenore'', Sardinian pastoral songs (also incorporated in 20...
/09/2020The Japan TimesNoh theater struggles to survive the pandemic 15/09/2020The Japan TimesChildren's puppet shows help bunraku master endure coronavirus shutdown 15/09/2020Business Insider FranceThe pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in Singapore's famed food hawker culture, where the average age of an operator is 60. Young Singapor...
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de battements de tambour (01208)(0) one file for 2017-2018 21 Sri LankaRLRūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama of Sri Lanka (01370)(0) one file for 2017-2018 22 SwedenBSPLand-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region (South-Sweden) (01392)(0) one file for 2017-2018 23 Syr...
See the files under process for 2018 cycle...9 February 2022>8.b Representative List,Examination of nominations for inscription in 2020 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (item 8.b on the agenda),Below are the nominations to be examined by the Committee for possible inscription in 2020 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, in accor...
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