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Chinas Ministry of Culture and Tourism has rolled out a wide range of Spring Festival themed events and activities to celebrate the traditional Chinese festival and promote its endeavor to inscribe the festival as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to a media briefing held by the ministry in Beijing on Thursday.

Celadon produced in Longquan, Zhejiang province, is one of the exquisite porcelain artefacts featuring simple shape and jade-like green glaze.

Temples across Korea held ceremonies celebrating Buddhas birthday Saturday without social distancing measures for the first time in four years.

The annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul on Saturday at full scale ahead of Buddha's Birthday next week for the first time in four years, organizers said.

A full-scale annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul, Saturday, ahead of Buddhas birthday next week for the first time in four years, according to the organizers.

Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed pride and gratitude to all stakeholders for striving to get Cambodia’s Kun Lbokator officially on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

It has been four years since the Lakhon Khol or Khmer Masked Theatre was placed on the UNESCO Intangible Culture World Heritage List, an event that stirred controversy between the Cambodian and Thai peoples at that time.

It has been four years since the Lakhon Khol or Khmer Masked Theatre was placed on the UNESCO Intangible Culture World Heritage List, an event that stirred controversy between the Cambodian and Thai peoples at that time.

Annual lantern parade to return after 2-year hiatus

Couscous, Aflaj Irrigation and Camel Racing Join UN Culture List Published December 28th, 2020 - 07:30 GMT (Shutterstock) Highlights The second inclusion, camel races, focuses on the art of racing, viewed as a festive social practice embodying Arab heritage. Three key elements of Arab heritage, namely couscous, Aflaj (a system of irrigation) and camel races joined the UN list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage on Wednesday. The United Arab Emirates submitted the listing of Af...