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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 Finland s sauna culture have in common with Nar Bayrami, a pomegranate festival in Azerbaijan, and Budima Dance, a warrior dance practiced in Zambia?
The answer isn t as cryptic as you might think. They are each a living heritage - learned from ancestors and passed down to the next generation - and as of Dec. 18, they are all inscribed in UNESCO s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This year marked the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee that evaluates each country s submission. In the 2020 session, 29 elements, as the individual submissions are called, were added to the