
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...
29 November 2011>Bali
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n Arts and Cutlure) of INSAAC, which conducts research on various intangible cultural heritage elements (traditional music, dance, drama, plastic arts). Cultural Heritage Protection Law No. 87-806 of 1987 provides for a national inventory of cultural heritage to be established and updated annually. This includes popular arts and traditions, craftsm...
e Takes note that the Plurinational State of Bolivia has nominated Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture (No. 00630) for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Pujllay and Ayarichi are the main musical and choreographic forms of the Yampara culture. They complement each oth...
28 November 2014>Paris
another 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 deli...
29 November 2011>Bali
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tural heritage, both within the Research Institute of Culture and Arts and the College of Music and Dance. The aforementioned National Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage supports bearers in the transmission of intangible cultural heritage, among its other activities. Heritage education and training activities are regularly conducted by the...
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ast ‘The stuff of life’: from the ‘coaxing ritual for camels of Mongolia’ to the ‘Bigwala music and dance of Uganda’, the podcast focuses on Living Heritage and UNESCO’s efforts to safeguard it for the future. Webcast The webcast links can be found here. Files 2023 under examination Consult the complete nomination/proposal/request f...
...9 April 2024>selected,Fandango's Living Museum Fandango is a popular music and dance expression in coastal communities in southern and south-eastern Brazil. Fandango songs are called ''modas'' and are played with handmade instruments – viola, fiddle and frame drum. Traditionally, fandangos were offered as payment for collective activi...
Brazilidentity and demonstrates processes of syncretism and hybridization in its orally transmitted ritual, music, dance, food and other expressions; U.2: The Paach ceremony has been marginalized to peripheral public and domestic spaces, contributing to a lack of recognition and support from the local population and authorities; its viability today d...
29 November 2011>Bali
Examples of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria*
only old-aged people are keen to revive their craft despite any difficulties they may face. Tahtīb stick dance This traditional practice is difficult to categorize: it is, according to those concerned, a martial art, a dance or a game. It is a group dance and the participants wield sticks: a group of “assailants” attack (with movements more...
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te; the Regional Centre of Ethnological and Technical Culture in Lower Normandy (CRéCET); the Centre for Traditional Music and Dance of Brittany (Dastum); and the MCM. In terms of accessibility, the Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage itself will be open for consultation in PDF files, illustrated with photographic documentation and video ext...