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Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
traditional know-how
Iraq • Bahrain • Egypt • Palestine • Jordan • Mauritania • Yemen • United Arab Emirates • Kuwait • Morocco • Sudan • Oman • Tunisia • Qatar • Saudi Arabia
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Kodomma
International Festival for unity and development
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Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece
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Dancing Devils of Yare
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Sebiba
Traditional Tuareg folk dance tradition
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Dainichido Bugaku
yearly set of nine sacred ritual dances and music
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khanjar
cold weapon
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Akhal-Teke
Turkmen horse breed
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Taekkyeon
traditional Korean martial art
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dabke
Levantine folk dance and music genre
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Mediterranean diet
diet typical of the Mediterranean region, or cultural heritage. UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status
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Círio de Nazaré
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Brazil, inscribed in 2013
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cooperative
autonomous association of persons or organizations
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Portuguese-Galician border ICH
a safeguarding model created by Ponte...nas ondas!
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Barranquilla's Carnival
Colombian folklore festival
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Sango Festival of Oyo
Nigerian festival marking the beginning of the Yoruba Traditional New Year in August
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Commandaria
traditional Cypriot dessert wine made in a group of villages on the southern slopes of the Troodos mountains
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Pyongyang raengmyon
North Korean dish
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Barniz de Pasto technique
harvesting, woodwork and decorative varnishing of the Putumayo and Nariño in Colombia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2020
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Zaouli
type of dance in Ivory Coast
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Kok-borou
no description
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Bai choi
Vietnamese combination of arts
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Chinese paper cutting
art of paper cutting in China
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Chichibu Night Festival
Chichibu Shrine's annual festival celebrated on the nights of December 1-6
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Cheoyongmu
Korean dance of Cheoyong
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chedda of Tlemcen
traditional Algerian women's costume
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Charreada
Mexican rodeo
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carpentry in France
traditional tracing in French carpentry
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ak-kalpak
White felt hat worn by Kyrgyz and Kazakh men
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Peruvian ceviche
traditional dish widely eaten in Peru
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Horezu ceramics
no description
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celtic harp
triangular harp traditional to Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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ceviche
traditional dish in Peru prepared with raw fish marinated
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Carnaval de Granville
no description
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Manufacture of cowbells
traditional production of cowbells in Portugal – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2015
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Carnival of Podence
no description
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Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising
program to safeguard the components of historic carillon culture in Belgium – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2014
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capoeira
Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance fists kicks and music
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manual bell ringing
manual ringing of bells as a means of expression and communication in Spain and Italy. UNESCO intangible cultural heritage
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camel racing
Popular sport in parts of Africa, Asia and Australia
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Chapei Dang Veng
Cambodian musical tradition closely associated with the life, customs and beliefs of the Cambodian people
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Equitation in the French tradition
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Caballos del Vino
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ca trù
Vietnamese musical storytelling genre
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jamu
form of herbal medicine and treatment that has been practised in Indonesia since the eighth century
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Moroccan kaftan
long, coatlike garment, traditionally fastened at the waist with a sash
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clinker boat building
ancient technique in the Nordic shipbuilding tradition
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Busójárás
Hungarian religious celebration
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Royal Ballet of Cambodia
Cambodian dance company
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Bumba Meu Boi
type of festival and music genre
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reggae
music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s
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Japanese cuisine
culinary traditions of Japan
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Intore
traditional Rwandan dance performed by a troupe
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Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking
traditional Ukrainian dish – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2022
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Zhusuan
knowledge and practices of arithmetic calculation through the abacus
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zinc roofers and ornamentalists
craftmanship of 19th-century restoration of haussmann-style roofs in Paris
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traditional wooden boatbuilding in Carriacou and Petite Martinique
wooden boatbuilding tradition in Carriacou and Petite Martinique in Grenada
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traditional irrigation in Europe
traditional irrigation practices in Europe
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tulum
traditional bagpipe from North Turkey and Macedonia
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Carnival of Binche
annual festival in Belgium
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Durbar festival
annual festival celebrated in several cities of Nigeria
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yoga
group of physical, mental and spiritual practices originating from ancient India
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hawker center
open-air complex housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food
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Mangal Shobhajatra
mass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh
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