China · Tradition
Chinese shadow puppetry
An ancient Chinese art form in which puppeteers manipulate intricately carved silhouette figures behind a backlit translucent screen,…
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Bulgaria · Tradition
Chiprovtsi carpet weaving
Chiprovtsi carpet weaving is a centuries-old Bulgarian tradition of handmaking flatwoven kilim rugs with naturally dyed wool and…
Haiti · Tradition
Compas
Compas, Haiti's vibrant méringue dance music born in 1955, fuses traditional rhythm with Latin jazz and electric instruments…
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tradition
Congolese rumba
A dance music genre born from the fusion of Bakongo rhythms and Cuban son, Congolese rumba captivates with…
Cuba · Tradition
Cuban son
Cuban son is a syncretic music and dance born in late-19th-century eastern Cuba, blending Spanish vocals and guitar…
Colombia · Tradition
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio
The first free African town in the Americas sustains a living cultural world of Palenquero language, music, ceremony,…
Russia · Tradition
Cultural space of the Semeiskie
The Semeiskie are an Orthodox Old Believer community in Russia's Transbaikal whose sacred rites, songs, and oral traditions…
Palestine · Tradition
Dabkeh
Dabkeh is a Levantine circle and line dance performed at celebrations across Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, uniting…
Japan · Tradition
Dainichido Bugaku
A 1,300-year-old sequence of sacred ritual dances performed annually on January second in rural Akita shrines, descending from…
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