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UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has been pivotal in changing and expanding the term ‘cultural heritage’. In it’s

UNESCO adds traditions to cultural heritage lists  03 Jan 2021 - 14:38 Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in Switzerland and France was inscribed for the 2020 Representative List. Photo by: Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds By Liza Weisstuch | The Washington Post It sounds like the setup of a riddle: What do the grass-mowing custom in Bosnia and Finlands sauna culture have in common with Nar Bayrami, a pomegranate festival in Azerbaijan, and Budima Dance, a warrior dance prac...

Press release UNESCO assembles peoples around transnational traditions like couscous, one of 32 new inscriptions on its Intangible Heritage Lists 16/12/2020 Share this article Paris, 17 December — During this year’s session (14 to 19 December, online), the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed three elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 29 elements on the Representativ...

Polyphonic Caravan selected for UNESCO Register of Safeguarding Epirus folk songs December 18, 2020 644 Views The Polyphonic Caravan, a project researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song has been selected in 2020 on the UNESCO Register of Good Safeguarding Practices The Polyphonic Caravan is a longstanding project aimed at researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song. Performed for centuries, the Epirus polyphonic song is performed by a group of s...