Vietnam is moving to nominate its beloved noodle soup pho for recognition by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. The ...

After the war, the poncho continued to accompany the inhabitants, both in daily life and during ceremonies and in 1901, the Exhibition of Paraguayan Handicraft Industry awarded the first ponchos ...

Two exhibits celebrate Philippine intangible cultural heritage in celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Month and ...

Though UNESCO is best known for the designation and preservation of world monuments, it also works to protect the more intangible aspects of our cultural heritage, like rituals, customs, crafts, and ...

Ghana has joined the global community in celebrating UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Day 2025, using the occasion ...

The U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added 55 new inscriptions to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List for 2023, in an effort to safeguard traditional art, dance, food, ...

As part of the 2025 World Design Cities Conference (WDCC), UNESCO and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization co-hosted the UNESCO Creative Cities Design Forum under the theme ...

AHMEDABAD, (IANS) – Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on December 6 said that UNESCO has included Gujarat’s Garba dance in its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. An official ...

The Governorate of AlUla commemorated the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage, observed annually on October 17.

The annual Kano Durbar festival has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Dr ...

UNESCO will establish an observatory in Beirut (Lebanon) to monitor and assess the state of Syria’s cultural heritage. The decision was made during an international meeting of experts held at UNESCO ...

Destruction of cultural heritage has reached unprecedented levels. In light of this, and culture’s unique contribution to peace and sustainable development, the ratification, implementation and ...