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Al-Jertiq : pratiques, rituels et expressions pour la préservation, la protection, l’abondance et la fertilité au Soudan
Among the Nubian populations residing in northern Sudan, along the Nile, up to the Egyptian border, Al-Jertiq is a ritual for protection, fertility and abundance that is held during significant life events such as marriage, childbirth and circumcision, or to mourn the death of a young, unmarried man. Although the ritual has adapted over...
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L’art de la fabrication et de la pratique du rubab/rabab
One of the oldest musical instruments in Central, South and Southwest Asia, the rubab is a string instrument made with dried mulberry wood collected in deserts. It is played on many occasions, including for celebrations, weddings, funerals, gatherings and ritual healings. It is also a leading instrument in orchestral and contemporary...
Global DiasporasAfghanistan / Iran, Islamic Republic ofNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Le bisht (abaa pour hommes) : savoir-faire et pratiques
Bisht is a traditional outer garment worn by men during special occasions such as births, weddings, funerals, ceremonies and festivals. The long garment, which is worn over regular clothes, is draped over the shoulders, wrapped across the chest and held on one side, leaving the right hand free for greetings. The style varies according...
Middle EastQatar / BahrainNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Le vin commandaria
Commandaria wine is a traditional sweet red wine made in a group of villages on the southern slopes of the Troodos mountains. It is closely tied to the natural environment and involves using local grape varieties and traditional winemaking techniques. These include harvesting the grapes late in the season, drying them in the sun, and...
Middle EastCyprusNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Les pratiques et expressions culturelles liées au balafon et au kolintang au Mali, au Burkina Faso, en Côte d’Ivoire et en Indonésie
The balafon (in Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire) and kolintang (in Indonesia) refer to a set of wooden xylophones of different lengths. The Indonesian and West African instruments share similarities in material, shapes, keys, functions, transmission processes and values. They are believed to represent mutual respect and tolerance...
Global DiasporasMali / Burkina FasoNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Les pratiques et expressions culturelles liées au krama, un textile traditionnel tissé au Cambodge
Krama is a woven textile associated with traditional practices and cultural expressions of the daily life in Cambodia. A rectangular cloth made of either cotton or silk, krama features a variety of grid-pattern motifs. The white, yellow, red and blue dyes used are extracted from natural vegetation and insects, and the cloth is woven...
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L’épopée Darangen des Maranao du lac Lanao
The Darangen is an ancient epic song that encompasses a wealth of knowledge of the Maranao people who live in the Lake Lanao region of Mindanao. This southernmost island of the Philippine archipelago is the traditional homeland of the Maranao, one of the country’s three main Muslim groups. Comprising 17 cycles and a total of 72,000...
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Le cirque de tradition familiale au Chili
The family tradition circus is a way of life that combines traditions and skills that have been passed down through the generations. It brings together families who travel in caravans, sharing their art and culture wherever they go. For the bearers, circus life is a vocation, deeply rooted in family and community. Although each circus...
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Le Gbofe d’Afounkaha, la musique des trompes traversières de la communauté Tagbana
The Gbofe is mainly performed in the village of Afounkaha in the Tagbana community. The term Gbofe is used both for the transverse horns and for the performance as a whole, which encompasses music, song and dance. The Gbofe horns are made of roots covered by cowhide. Six of these horns are used together, ranging in length from 50 to 70...
AfricaCôte d'IvoireNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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La culture géorgienne du blé : traditions et rituels
Georgian wheat culture involves a set of practices and rituals based on the cultivation and use of local varieties of endemic wheat. It also encompasses the use of related objects, such as traditional labour tools, stone mills and hand-made bread ovens. For the practising communities, endemic wheat is a symbol of life, growth and...
Middle EastGeorgiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Le henné : rituels, esthétique et pratiques sociales
Henna is a deciduous tree that grows in hot regions. Perceived as sacred by communities in Northern Africa and the Middle East, its leaves are harvested twice a year, left to dry, then ground and processed to create a paste. The specific ingredients and techniques used to prepare the paste vary according to the intended use and country....
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La pratique de la danse k’cimi de Tropojë
In Albania, the k’cimi dance is a popular, festive dance performed in spontaneous gatherings or during traditional ceremonies such as weddings, birthdays, initiations and village celebrations. Typically accompanied by drums, k’cimi is performed by men, women and children of all ages, and usually in couples, with partners changing...
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Les savoirs, savoir-faire et pratiques liés à la production et à la consommation du couscous
The knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous encompass the methods of preparation, manufacturing conditions and tools, associated artefacts and circumstances of consumption of couscous in the communities concerned. Preparing couscous is a ceremonial process involving several different...
AfricaAlgeria / MauritaniaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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La sonnerie manuelle des cloches
In Spain and Italy, traditional manual bell ringing is a form of communication that is tied to the classification, acoustics and shapes of bells, bell towers and belfries, as well as to the knowledge, skills and techniques of the campanari (bell ringers, in Italian). The bells are played as musical instruments, individually or in...
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Le pysanka, tradition et art ukrainiens de décorer des œufs
The art of decorating eggs is a centuries-old Ukrainian tradition. Traditional patterns and symbols are applied to the egg using wax. The egg is then dipped into dye, covering all but the waxed areas. The process is repeated to achieve the desired pattern and colours. Personal wishes and messages are captured in the symbols used....
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L’art du spectacle du Reog Ponorogo
In Indonesia, Reog Ponorogo Performing Art is a centuries-old theatrical dance that is traditionally performed on various occasions, including disaster aversion ceremonies, village cleansing events, weddings, Islamic and national holidays, circumcisions, thanksgiving ceremonies, public festivities, and when welcoming guests. Dancers...
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Le sankirtana, chants rituels, tambours et danses du Manipur
Sankirtana encompasses an array of arts performed to mark religious occasions and various stages in the life of the Vaishnava people of the Manipur plains. Sankirtana practices centre on the temple, where performers narrate the lives and deeds of Krishna through song and dance. In a typical performance, two drummers and about ten...
South AsiaIndiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Sarawja, musique et danse aymara de Moquegua
Sarawja, also known as Sarawjatana, is practiced in the valleys of Ticsani and San Felipe, in the Andean region of Moquegua. This annual celebration is held after the Catholic Holy Week, marking the end of the rainy season and the beginning of the harvest. It features a ritual dance performance by dance groups known as ‘ruedas’, or...
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La société secrète des Kôrêdugaw, rite de sagesse du Mali
The secret society of the Kôrêdugaw is a rite of wisdom central to the cultural identity of the Bambara, Malinké, Senufo and Samogo peoples of Mali. Initiates dress in ragged coats adorned with red bean necklaces and a large quantity of miscellaneous items. They provoke laughter with behaviour characterized by gluttony, caustic humour...
AfricaMaliNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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La semsemiah: fabrication et pratique musicale de l'instrument
Semsemiah is a popular harp-like instrument that is crafted and played among communities in the Suez Canal region. The body is attached to three wooden poles that form a triangle. The instrument is usually crafted by the players themselves, using natural or recycled materials such as wood or metal. The semsemiah is used by singers,...
Global DiasporasEgypt / Saudi ArabiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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La sériciculture et l’artisanat de la soie en Chine
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China, based in Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces near Shanghai and Chengdu in Sichuan Province, have an ancient history. Traditionally an important role for women in the economy of rural regions, silk-making encompasses planting mulberry, raising silkworms, unreeling silk, making thread, and designing...
East AsiaChinaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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La sériciculture et la production traditionnelle de soie pour tissage
In sericulture and the traditional production of silk for weaving, farmers care for the silkworms through their entire lifecycle, growing the mulberry trees that provide leaves upon which the worms feed and produce silkworm eggs. The fibres are reeled from the cocoons, spun into silk threads, cleaned and dyed. The threads are then used...
Global DiasporasAfghanistan / AzerbaijanNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Les pratiques sociales et les connaissances liées à la préparation et à l’utilisation de l’eau-de-vie traditionnelle de prunes (šljivovica)
Šljivovica is a traditional plum spirit. The element includes the complex knowledge and skills to prepare the drink in a home environment as well as its use in everyday and ritual practices. The preparation has multiple stages involving families and communities. Plums are usually grown on family farms and harvested in the fall. They are...
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La fabrication des sodai en paille en Lituanie
Sodai straw gardens are hanging ornaments made from the stalks of grains. This practice involves the cultivation of grain (typically rye), the treatment of straw and the creation of geometric structures of varying sizes. The structures are then decorated with details symbolizing fertility and prosperity. Sodai gardens are believed to...
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Le Compas d'Haïti
Compas is a popular music and dance genre that holds deep cultural significance for the practising communities. As strong identifying factor, it brings together people of all ages, genders and backgrounds. The music is characterized by a syncopated rhythm and accompanied by instruments such as guitars, keyboards and drums. Compas...
Latin America and CaribbeanHaitiNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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L’artisanat traditionnel du tissage du motif naga dans les communautés lao
The Naga is a mythical, serpent-like creature that lives in rivers. Lao people believe that Naga are ancestors that watch over them. To show their respect, they add Naga motifs to different objects, the most common of which is textiles through weaving. Naga motifs are woven by hand using a traditional wooden loom. The motif is created...
Southeast AsiaLao People's Democratic RepublicNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Connaissances et savoir-faire traditionnels de la fabrication des yourtes kirghizes, kazakhes et karakalpak (habitat nomade des peuples turciques)
The yurt is a nomadic dwelling with a collapsible wooden circular frame covered with felt and braided with ropes. It can be easily assembled and dismantled within a short period of time. Yurts are made from natural and renewable raw materials. Men and their apprentices make the wooden frames by hand, along with wooden, leather, bone and...
Central AsiaKazakhstan / KyrgyzstanNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Tsapiky, rythme et style musical caractéristique de la région Sud-ouest de Madagascar
Tsapiky is a fast-paced musical genre that combines modern and traditional sounds and is deeply rooted in the social life of the inhabitants of southwestern Madagascar. It features electric guitars, drums, accordions and local instruments such as the ‘kabosy’ (a small guitar) and the ‘marovany’ (a string instrument). Although initially...
AfricaMadagascarNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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L’art des travaux d’aiguille de style turkmène
Turkmen-style needlework is a decorative applied art used on the national dress of people of all genders and ages in Turkmenistan and Iran. In both countries, Turkmen-style needlework begins with the preparation of thin silk threads that are intertwined in three layers and twisted into a single thread, then straightened with a large...
Global DiasporasTurkmenistan / Iran, Islamic Republic ofNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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La xhubleta, savoir-faire, artisanat et formes d’utilisation
Xhubleta is a handcrafted garment worn by highland women and girls in Northern Albania, characterised by its undulating bell form. Predominantly black with colourful embroidered motifs, the crafting process entails preparing the shajak (woven felt), cutting, sewing and embroidering symbolic figures. Xhubleta was once used in everyday...
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