Art & Culture
Five elements inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Republican Scientific-Methodological Center for Folk Art, 2012Askiya is being performed in one of the teahouses of Kokand. Performers: Mansurjon Okhunov, Jorakhon Polatov and Bahodir Shokirov - Askiya, the art of wit (Uzbekistan)
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Eleven elements inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Nicola Di Nunzio/Municipio de Serpa, 2008Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal
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Eight elements from Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina , Brazil , Bulgaria and Burundi inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Heritage
Martinez 2010Pujillay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture - Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
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Ten elements inscribed on Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Sebastian Lorenzo Zuleta, 2008Baile Chino (Chile)
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Traditions from Kenya, Uganda and Venezuela inscribed for Urgent Safeguarding
Department of Culture, 2013Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya
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Opening of the 9th Session of Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee
Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (India)
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The International Forum on the Awakening of Conscience VI In Response to Universal Children’s Day
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‘Merchants of Doubt’ shows how public opinion is manipulated
Don’t underestimate Robert Kenner’s “Merchants of Doubt.” It may sound like a standard-issue advocacy documentary concerned, as so many are, with the perils of global warming, but it’s a lot more than that.
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1000 Years of Arabic Optics to be a Focus of the International Year of Light in 2015
The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015) will be launched in 2015. Aimed at raising global awareness of how light-based technologies can provide solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture and health, this UNESCO-led initiative will also be an opportunity to celebrate the work of the 10th century scientist Ibn Al-Haytham.
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