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Alpinism

L'alpinisme

Alpinism is the art of climbing up summits and walls in high mountains, in all seasons, in rocky or icy terrain. It involves physical, technical and intellectual abilities, using appropriate techniques, equipment and highly specific tools such as axes and crampons. Alpinism is a traditional, physical practice characterized by a shared...

EuropeFrance / ItalyNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs

Le Canto a tenore, chant pastoral sarde

Canto a tenore has developed within the pastoral culture of Sardinia. It represents a form of polyphonic singing performed by a group of four men using four different voices called bassu, contra, boche and mesu boche. One of its characteristics is the deep and guttural timbre of the bassu and contra voices. It is performed standing in a...

EuropeItalyNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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Taquile and its textile art

Taquile et son art textile

The island of Taquile located in Lake Titicaca on the Peruvian High Andean Plateau, is known for its textile art, which is produced as an everyday activity by both men and women, regardless of their age, and worn by all community members. The people of Taquile were relatively isolated from the mainland until the 1950s, and the notion of...

Latin America and CaribbeanPeruNot specified in UNESCO dataset
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