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Art of pottery-making of Chăm people

L’art de la poterie du peuple Chăm

Chăm pottery products are mainly household utensils, religious objects and fine art works, including jars, pots, trays and vases. They are made by women and viewed as an expression of individual creativity based on the knowledge transmitted within the community. Instead of using a turntable, the women revolve around the piece to shape...

Southeast AsiaViet NamNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Gule Wamkulu

Le Gule Wamkulu

Gule Wamkulu was a secret cult, involving a ritual dance practiced among the Chewa in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It was performed by members of the Nyau brotherhood, a secret society of initiated men.Within the Chewa’s traditional matrilineal society, where married men played a rather marginal role, the Nyau offered a means to...

AfricaMalawi / MozambiqueNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Hudhud chants of the Ifugao

Le Hudhud, récits chantés des Ifugao

The Hudhud consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community, which is well known for its rice terraces extending over the highlands of the northern island of the Philippine archipelago. It is practised during the rice sowing season, at harvest time and at funeral wakes and rituals. Thought to have originated...

Southeast AsiaPhilippinesNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples

La tradition orale Koogere des Basongora, Banyabidi et Batooro

Koogere was a female chief of Busongora about 1,500 years ago. Oral tradition describes her exceptional wisdom and the prosperity of the chiefdom through a series of narratives, which form part of the collective memory of Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro communities in Kasese. This oral tradition is an essential and inspirational part...

AfricaUgandaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Oral heritage of Gelede

Le patrimoine oral Gèlèdé

The Gelede is performed by the Yoruba-Nago community that is spread over Benin, Nigeria and Togo. For more than a century, this ceremony has been performed to pay tribute to the primordial mother Iyà Nlà and to the role women play in the process of social organization and development of Yoruba society. The Gelede takes place every year...

AfricaBenin / NigeriaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture

Les expressions rituelles et festives de la culture congo

The ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture encompass the contemporary vision of a collective celebration of the black rebel descendants enslaved during the colonial period. Nowadays, participants play congo, celebrate their freedom, cheerfully sing about their everyday lives and perform representations and sensual dances...

Latin America and CaribbeanPanamaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)

Le système normatif Wayuu, appliqué par le Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)

The Wayuu community inhabits the Guajira Peninsula straddling Colombia and Venezuela. Its legislative system comprises a body of principles, procedures and rites that govern the social and spiritual conduct of the community. The system, inspired by principles of reparation and compensation, is applied by the local moral authorities, the...

Latin America and CaribbeanColombiaNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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