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Medical treatment

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UNESCO representative list1 sources

Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine

L’acupuncture et la moxibustion de la médecine traditionnelle chinoise

Acupuncture and moxibustion are forms of traditional Chinese medicine widely practised in China and also found in regions of south-east Asia, Europe and the Americas. The theories of acupuncture and moxibustion hold that the human body acts as a small universe connected by channels, and that by physically stimulating these channels the...

East AsiaChinaNot specified in UNESCO dataset

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Provision of services and hospitality during the Arba'in visitation

Les services et l’hospitalité offerts pendant la visite de l’Arba’in

Provision of services and hospitality during the Arba’in visitation is a social practice performed across the central and southern regions of Iraq, from where processions of visitors and pilgrims converge towards the Holy City of Karbala. The tradition – a social practice with deep roots in the Iraqi and Arab tradition of hospitality –...

Middle EastIraqNot specified in UNESCO dataset

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