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talchumtraditional type of dance with Korean masks worn by people
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GanggangsullaeKorean circle dance
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Namsadang noriKorean traditional vagabond troupe's performance
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pansoriKorean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer
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Gangneung DanojeSouth Korean Dano festival of Gangneung
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KochariArmenian folk dance
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Book of Dede Korkutnational epic of Turks, Azerbaijani and Turkmen
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kheneMouth Organ from Laos
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khachkarcarved, memorial stele bearing a cross, Armenian symbol
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piñaananas or pineapple fiber
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Arba'een Pilgrimagepilgrimage to Imam Hussein shrine
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kobyzancient Turkic bowed string instrument
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Kawagoe Hikawa FestivalJapanese traditional dance
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Zvončariintangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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Georgian scriptsalphabetic writing systems mostly used to transcribe the Georgian language and other languages of the Caucasus region
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Kanuma lmamiya Shrine Festivalno description
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Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan
junktype of vessel typically of Southeast Asian or East Asian origin
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Kankurangno description
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Kamezaki Shiohi Festivalno description
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Lusonadrawings and geometric figures on sand of the Lunda Cokwe and neighbouring peoples in eastern Angola
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KallawayaBolivian traditional healers
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Kalbeliatribe from Rajasthan, India
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Koodiyattamtraditional performing art form in Kerala, India
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Kakunodate FestivalJapanese festival
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Slovak verbunkCzech improvised dance
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Bisalhães black potterytraditional practice of black pottery in Portugal – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2016
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Junkanoonational cultural festival of The Bahamas on Boxing Day and New Year's Day
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IfáYoruba religion and system of divination
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Ride of the KingsCzech Christian festival
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The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Pazno description
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Ardahtype of folkloric group dance in Saudi Arabia
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Kumi Odoritype of dance
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Beekeeping in Sloveniano description
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jamuform of herbal medicine and treatment that has been practised in Indonesia since the eighth century
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manakishLevantine flatbread dish
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Ishidori Matsurifestival in Kuwana, Mie, Japan
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Reed MudhifIraqi Marshland reed guesthouse
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Inuyama Festivalno description
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vallenatomusical tradition fusing cultural expressions of several origins in the Monteria Córdoba - Magdalena Grande area of Colombia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2015
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Finnish saunatraditional Finnish way of bathing
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Schemenlaufenno description
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Ijele MasqueradeThe King of all Igbo masquerades and as such has 45 different other masquerades perform on top of it in the olden days. Presently, the 45 masquerades are represented by the 45 figurines seen on top of Ijele.
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kopačkaMacedonian oro, folk dance, from the Republic of Macedonia
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Ueno Tenjin Festivalno description
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iftarmeal eaten each evening by Muslims at sunset during the month of Ramadan
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Idrija lacebobbin tape lacemaking tradition and intangible cultural heritage of Slovenia
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Queshuachacalast remaining Inca rope bridge
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cultural heritage of Peru
bachatagenre of Latin Francia music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the first half of the 20th century with Indigenous, African and European musical elements
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Giong Festivalfestival in Hanoi, Vietnam
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HıdırellezTurkish name for spring festival
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Za križenCroatian Roman Catholic night procession
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hurlingoutdoor team game
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HuaconadaPeruvian dance
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cultural heritage of Peru
malhunpopular form of poetic expression in Maghreb
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Bishttraditional men's outer cloak worn over the thobe, often in the Gulf and Levant regions
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Hiragasyperforming art composed of song, dance and speech, originating in the central highlands of Madagascar
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Malagasy Kabary, the Malagasy oratorical artno description
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Karatsu Kunchifestival in Japan
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Tokuyama Bon Odorino description
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Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan
xoanmusic genre
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chitalishteBulgarian public institution and building that fulfills several functions at once, such as a community centre, library, and a theatre
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summer farming at fäbod and seterpractice of moving livestock to outlying lands in late spring in Norway and Sweden
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Traditional Turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistanheritage craft
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hanboktraditional Korean outfit comprised of a jacket and a woman’s skirt or men’s trousers
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Hanawa Bayashino description
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noriamachine activated by water power and used for lifting water into a small aqueduct
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Daredevils of SassounArmenian folk epic
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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festivalfestival in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
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