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Fandango's Living Museum

Le musée vivant du Fandango

Fandango is a popular music and dance expression in coastal communities in southern and south-eastern Brazil. Fandango songs are called ''modas'' and are played with handmade instruments – viola, fiddle and frame drum. Traditionally, fandangos were offered as payment for collective activities, such as planting, harvesting and fishing....

Latin America and CaribbeanBrazilNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Highlife music and dance

La musique et la danse highlife

Highlife music and dance is a popular form of musical expression and storytelling known for its lively rhythms, lyrics and strong connection to everyday life. It features a mix of instruments, including guitars, horns, drums, xylophones and percussion. The music is often built around call-and-response singing, with the lead singer...

AfricaGhanaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia

La klapa, chant à plusieurs voix de Dalmatie, Croatie méridionale

Klapa singing is a multipart singing tradition of the southern Croatian regions of Dalmatia. Multipart singing, a capella homophonic singing, oral tradition and simple music making are its main features. The leader of each singing group is the first tenor, followed by several tenori, baritoni and basi voices. During performances, the...

EuropeCroatiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Rebetiko

Le rebétiko

Rebetiko is a musical and cultural expression directly linked to song and dance that initially spread among the urban lower and working-class populations in the early twentieth century. Rebetiko songs are now a standardized repertoire in almost every social occasion involving music and dance. The element is performed in public and...

EuropeGreeceNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region

La musique traditionnelle vallenato de la région du Magdalena Grande

Traditional Vallenato music fuses cultural expressions from northern Colombia, the songs of cow-herders of the Greater Magdalena region and the chants of African slaves with the traditional dance rhythms of the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. These expressions are also blended with Spanish poetry and musical...

Latin America and CaribbeanColombiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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