Intangible heritage: arts and traditions of the world

Intangible cultural heritage includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, arts, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.

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Marimba music and traditional chants from Colombia
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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity - Proclamations 2001, 2003 and 2005
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Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima
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Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian traditional folk dance
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Mongol Tuuli: Mongolian epic
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Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei
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Mongolian shamanism
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Le chamanisme mongol
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Mongolian traditional contortion
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