Iran's 'Ayeneh-Kari' to Switzerland's yodelling, 67 cultural elements added to UNESCO heritage list

Irans art of mirrorwork in Persian architecture UAEs traditional art form that blends performing arts with oral tradition and Switzerlands yodelling a vocal technique involving the use of different registers were on Thursday inscribed on the UNESCOs Intangible Cultural Heritage listA total of 67 cultural elements including Indias Deepavali have been added to UNESCOs various intangible heritage lists over the period of December 911These include 11 elements put on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and over 50 inscriptions on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityThe new inscriptions also include Al Sadu traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates and Hezhen Yimakan storytelling from China both of which have been moved from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityThe decision was taken during the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ICH being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi from December 813The phasewise examination of the 67 nominations submitted by nearly 80 countries had begun on Tuesday and it was completed on ThursdayThis is the first time that India is hosting a session of the intergovernmental committee for the safeguarding of ICHDeepavali Italian cooking and AlMuhaibis social practices and traditions associated with it from Iraq among others were inscribed on the UNESCOs Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityA total of 67 living heritage elements have been added to UNESCOs lists a senior official saidOn Thursday AyenehKari the art of mirrorwork in Persian architecture from Iran was added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityAyenehKari or mirrorwork refers to the handcrafted art of decorating architectural surfaces such as ceilings walls domes columns and panels using cut pieces of mirrors the UNESCO saidIndia at UNECSO in a post on X said Ali Darabi ViceMinister and Deputy for Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage Tourism and Handicrafts of the Islamic Republic of Iran gifted Indias Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Vishal V Sharma an AyenehKari art depicting the Indian emblem adding that it was handed over to the Ministry of Culture for displayCobza traditional knowledge skills and music a joint nomination by the Republic of Moldova and Romania was also accorded a UNESCO tag on WednesdayThe cobza is a pearshaped string instrument with a short neck and wooden body traditionally used to provide rhythm and harmony in folk music It can be played solo or in groups and is usually strummed with a folded goose feather the world body saidCorina Calugaru Ambassador of Moldova to France and the countrys Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO said Moldova and Romania share a border and share a culture whether it is our language or clothingWe two countries are like sisters and have fondness for each other We both have a few other joint elements already inscribed on the UNESCO list such as the art of Ia the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder inscribed in 2022 Calugaru told PTI on ThursdayShe said she was wearing an Ia blouse while attending the UNESCO session in DelhiThe two countries share a border and incidentally the desk of the members of the Romanian delegation is placed next to the one of Moldova separated by an aisleOn Tuesday the traditional saree weaving art of Tangail from Bangladesh and Behzads style of miniature painting from Afghanistan were among the elements inscribed on UNESCOs Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityThe skills and practices of making Bisht mens Abaa or gown a transnational nomination were also inscribed on this listBesides Lastovo Poklad carnival custom of Croatia UAEs Al Sadu and Chinas Hezhen Yimakan storytelling and have been selected for the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices of Intangible HeritageThe joy among the members of the UAE delegation was double as Al Ahalla a traditional art form that blends performing arts with oral tradition was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity while Al Sadu traditional weaving skills was moved to this list from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent SafeguardingAbu Dhabibased Walid Al Halani a member of the UAE delegation at the session told PTI First or ultimate goal of such meetings is to safeguard the memories of the people memories of the place soul of the place amid rapid urbanisation we are trying to save what we can before its too lateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole 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