Songket
Hand-woven silk and cotton interlaced with gold or silver threads, songket is a shimmering brocade textile worn across Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei for formal occasions and ceremony.
Krama weaving
The krama is a multipurpose Cambodian textile woven in traditional gingham patterns, worn as scarf, headwrap, and child’s hammock by all ages—and designated the national symbol.
Aleppo soap
A handmade hard bar soap crafted from olive oil and laurel berry oil, Aleppo soap represents centuries of Syrian artisanal knowledge and skilled practice.
Lithuanian cross-crafting
Lithuanian kryždirbiai carve intricate oak-wood crosses that blend Catholic spirituality with national identity, a tradition inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Albanian iso-polyphony
A vocal music tradition in which singers perform simultaneous, independent melodic lines—rooted in ancient lamentation and central to southern Albanian identity.
Radif of Iranian music
Radif—a vast oral repertoire of Persian melodies organized into tonal spaces—forms the living foundation of Iranian classical music, preserved and evolved through generations of master-to-student transmission.
Khon masked dance drama
Khon is a Thai masked dance drama performed by male dancers in elaborate costumes, accompanied by narrators and the piphat ensemble.
Bessesen Building
A 1916 French Renaissance opera palace in Albert Lea, Minnesota, designed to showcase prima donna Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen, now undergoing restoration as a regional arts center.
Engelbrekt Church
Stockholm’s largest church, completed in 1914, showcases National Romantic design with Scandinavia’s highest nave rising 32 metres from exposed bedrock.
Fabra Observatory
Barcelona’s Fabra Observatory, founded in 1904, is one of the world’s oldest functioning astronomical stations. Perched above the city, it specializes in asteroid and comet discovery.