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Garba of Gujarat, Opera of Italy included in Intangible Cultural Heritage list

December 7, 2023686 Views

UNESCO adds 55 elements across the globe in its annual meeting in Botswana 'Garba of Gujarat' has been inscribed in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by UNESCO, under the provisions of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage during the 18th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from 5th-9th December, 2023 in Kasane, Botswana. This year’s list includes a variety of elements from across the globes such as Opera singing in Italy, Rickshaws and rickshaw painting in Bangladesh, Songkran festival in Thailand, Alpine pasture season in Switzerland, metal engraving in ten middle-east countries, Dabkeh dance of Palestine, tradition of Iftar in many countries a...

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Skeleton marching bands join in Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade

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November 5, 2023606 Views

Thousands of people turned out Saturday to watch Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade as costumed dancers, drummers and floats took a festive turn down the Paseo de la Reforma boulevard all the way to the historic colonial main square. There were marching bands disguised as skeletons and dancers with skull face paint performing in Indigenous costumes. The smell of traditional resinous copal incense hung heavy over the parade. Participants take part in a James Bond- inspired Day of the Dead Parade, in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme) A skeleton drum group pounded out a samba-style beat, while blocks away dancers swirled long skirts painted to resemble the wings of monarch butterflies, which traditionally return to spend the winter in Mexico around ...

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UNESCO inscribes Kolkata Durga Puja as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

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December 16, 20211072 Views

The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during its 16th session being held at Paris, France from 13th to 18th December 2021. The Committee commended Durga Puja for its initiatives to involve marginalized groups, and individuals as well as women in their participation in safeguarding the element. Photo: Abhyudaya Chatterjee/UNESCO In its inscription UNESCO says, “Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in September or October, most notably in Kolkata, in West Bengal of India, but also in other parts of India and amongst the Bengali diaspora. It marks the ten-day worship of the Hindu mother-goddes...