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Ramlila
multi-day drama-dance performance art festival based on the Hindu Ramayana or Ramcharitmanas
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Ojiya-chijimi
Hemp woven in Niigata, Japan
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Ojiya-chijimi and Echigo-jofu
no description
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Khmer shadow theatre
Cambodian form of shadow play
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rubab
lute-like musical instrument
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Equestrian art in Portugal
traditional Portuguese art of horse training and riding - inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
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Minas cheese
type of cow's milk cheese from Minas Gerais in Brazil
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quan họ
Vietnamese folk music with alternating female and male singers
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Qoyllur Rit'i
religious festival in Peru
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Duanwu Festival
Chinese festival
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Charfia
traditional know-how in Tunisia
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Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik
day that is dedicated to Dubrovnik's patron saint, Saint Blaise
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Kaustinen fiddle playing and related practices and expressions
Finnish music tradition
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Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana
center for Indigenous Arts of the Totonac people
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chovgan
traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Holy Week processions in Mendrisio
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Sejnane pottery
traditional know-how in Tunisia
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Porphyrophora hamelii
species of insect, formerly used to produce an eponymous crimson carmine dyestuff known in Armenia as vordan karmir
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pilaf
rice dish
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polonaise
dance of Polish origin
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Kôrêdugaw
rite of wisdom of the Bambara, Malinké, Senufo and Samogo peoples of Mali
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Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project
education project for the preservation of heritage at the rural public school of Pusol, Elche, Spain – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2009
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pencak silat
Indonesian martial arts
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Chhau dance
semi classical martial Indian dance found in its eastern states
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Holy Week in Guatemala
Guatemalan celebrations
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cazabe
cassava bread
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lacemaking in Croatia
lacemaking tradition and intangible cultural heritage of Croatia
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Festival de los Patios
tourist interest festival in Spain
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frevo
dance and musical style originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Holy Week in Popayán
celebration of the Passion of Jesus Christ in Colombia
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Parrandas
traditional carnival-like street party in the former Las Villas province (Cuba)
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joropo
folk music genre and traditional dance of Venezuela and Colombia
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Parachico
traditional dancers from Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico
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Community festivities in Campo Maior
no description
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pantun
Ghazal adaptation in Islamic World of Southeast Asia
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panama hat
traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin
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lavash
thin flatbread usually leavened, traditionally baked in a tonir
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dry stone walling
mortarless masonry method
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine
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Pütchipü'ü
Traditional mediator in the indigenous American Wayuu culture
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csárdás
Hungarian folk dance performed by couples
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Qudud Halabiya
traditional Syrian song genre
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Devil's Sword Dance
type of dance
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Ommegang of Brussels
annual medieval pageant in Brussels, Belgium
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Olonkho
epic tale of the Sakha
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olive cultivation
grafting, pruning and fertilizing wild olive trees and picking, harvesting and processing the olives
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fado
Portuguese music genre
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Oku-noto no Aenokoto
agricultural ritual held in Oku-Noto area, Ishikawa, Japan
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Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Tournament
Turkish oil wrestling tournament
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Chinese New Year
traditional Chinese celebration of the first day of the lunar calendar
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Arirang
Korean folk song
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noken
knotted net or woven bag handmade from wood fibre or leaves by communities in Papua and West Papua Provinces of Indonesia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2012
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Echigo-jofu
fabric of Echigo, Japan
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Ashiqs of Azerbaijan
intangible cultural heritage
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Argungu Fishing Festival
annual festival in Northern Nigeria
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nhã nhạc
form of Vietnamese court music
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Bigwala
cultural practice of the Basoga people of Uganda, performed during royal celebrations
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garba
Indian folk dance that originated from the state of Gujarat
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nanguan
music genre
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Nabulsi soap
type of castile soap in Palestine
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tandoor
cylindrical clay or metal oven used in Asian cooking
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Naadam
traditional Mongolian festival
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Mwinoghe
no description
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Lithuanian sodai
hanging ornaments made from the stalks of grains
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Mushono-Dainembutsu dance
type of dance
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Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny
methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves in Montseny Biosphere Reserve and National Park, Catalonia, Spain – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2013
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mulgipuder
traditional dish that is consumed daily in the Mulgimaa region of Estonia
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