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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Ramman: religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas
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Regong arts
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Rhythm of the Blue Horizon, Garifuna Culture
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Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic
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Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)
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Ritual ceremony of the Voladores
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Sacrificial rite in the Confucian Temple
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Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane
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Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities
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Saman dance
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