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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The Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipüüi (palabrero)
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Tibetan opera
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Traditional Ainu dance
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Traditional craftsmanship of Mongol Ger and its associated customs
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L'artisanat traditionnel du Ger mongol et les coutumes associées
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Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí
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Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering
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Traditional manufacturing of children
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Traditional Mexican cuisine - authentic, ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm
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Traditional music of the Tsuur
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Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf
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