Wrestling from North and South Korea since Monday (26.11.) The Intangible Cultural Heritage. With this symbolic step, the world cultural organization UNESCO, opened her advice to new recordings in the coveted list.
A week-long, UNESCO convenes to decide on Mauritius to which traditional Knowledge and skills should be in the global list of Intangible cultural heritage.
In addition to North and South Korea, also Germany is involved with a multi-national application: The blue print is a craft that only a few craft businesses in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany.
Pure hand work: the Model, the pattern on the cotton fabric is applied
This art of printing from the 16th century. Century is finished in a Indigo blue fabric with a typical white Patterns in the Form of tendrils, flowers and ornaments.
Forms are nominated this Time, nearly 50 cultural, including art of perfumery from France, Reggae music from Jamaica, or the Khon mask dance of Thailand.
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High Five: traditions, which are officially considered as a cultural heritageFairy tales include
They are Big and Small all over the world: German fairy tales such as little red riding hood or Cinderella in the 19th century. Century by the brothers Grimm and written down have been collected. Before that, the legends have been passed on orally. Even today, the Fairy tale is a Tradition in Germany and therefore, since 2017 is also on the list of national intangible cultural heritage.
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High Five: traditions, which are officially considered as a cultural heritageMidwifery
One of the first representation of the midwives, there was among the ancient Egyptians. A temple painting shows three of a kind birth of the sun God Re. For thousands of years to play midwives around the world have an important role. In Germany, your Knowledge of schools from Generation to Generation. More than a profession – a values protect Tradition, was the German Commission for Unesco.
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High Five: traditions, which are officially considered as a cultural heritagePoetry Slams
Nowhere else in Europe are you as successful as in Germany. In almost every city and even in rural areas there are Poetry Slams. Here, participants compete with short, self-written texts against each other. To explain what the popularity of? Perhaps, because of the tight contests in Germany have a century long Tradition: Already in the middle ages, poets competed against each other.
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High Five: traditions, which are officially considered as a cultural heritageEast Frisian Tea Culture
The Ritual of the East is as special as meticulously: From loose leaves tea is boiled and a piece of sugar candy, the “fabu”, cast. The cream will then be given with a skilful swing in the tea, so that a ornate cream cloud, the “Wulkje”. This culinary custom is since this year on the list of intangible cultural heritage in Germany.
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High Five: traditions, which are officially considered as a cultural heritageSkat
You need three players, a blade with 32 cards and a thick skin. Because Skat is, for many, German is a pretty serious matter. For more than 200 years and is played in Germany is Skat. Its beginnings, it was between 1810 and 1820 in the Thuringian town of Altenburg. Since then, it has become indispensable in pubs. In Germany there are an estimated 20 million SKAT players.
The list of the Intangible cultural heritage since 2003. It pays tribute to traditional human Knowledge and Can. Over 400 customs, performing arts, craft techniques and natural history Knowledge from all over the world are now. Including Rumba dance from Cuba, traditional Chinese medicine, or violin making from Cremona, Italy. The purpose of the award the care of the living cultural heritage is preserved.
A total of over 175 States, the UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of Intangible cultural heritage. Germany, since 2013, the state party and with a plurality of entries, represented as the organ and music, of falconry, and of the cooperative idea and practice. Maybe a more living Tradition comes with the blue print this week.
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