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    Valencia Fallas (redirect from Falles)
    The Fallas (Valencian: Falles; Spanish: Fallas) is a traditional celebration held annually in commemoration of Saint Joseph in the city of Valencia, Spain...
    31 KB (3,602 words) - 20:59, 23 April 2024
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    the locals simply as Palenke, is a Palenque village and corregimiento in the Municipality of Mahates, Bolivar in northern Colombia. Palenque was the first...
    8 KB (892 words) - 15:23, 17 February 2024
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    Khon (category Culture of Thailand)
    before the era of King Narai Maharaj. Historical evidence shows that the Thai art of stage plays must have already been highly evolved by the 17th century...
    10 KB (1,066 words) - 15:08, 29 April 2024
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    The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First...
    24 KB (2,703 words) - 14:01, 14 May 2024
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    Aka people (category Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    whichever of the approximately 15 Bantu peoples they are affiliated. In 2003, the oral traditions of the Aka were proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral...
    13 KB (1,443 words) - 21:12, 2 March 2024
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    Iraqi maqam (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    romanized: al-maqām al-ʿIrāqī) is a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq. The roots of modern Iraqi maqam can be traced as far back as the Abbasid Caliphate (8th–13th...
    4 KB (304 words) - 14:43, 10 May 2024
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    Traditional Thai massage (category Culture of Thailand)
    part of the practitioner as integral to the effectiveness of this practice. Thai massage, like Thai traditional medicine (TTM), is a combination of influences...
    11 KB (1,046 words) - 00:16, 15 April 2024
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    Songkran (Thailand) (category Observances held on the new moon)
    almost the entire month, starting on the first of April, and ending on the twenty-first, departing from the traditional 3-day format. And with the New Year...
    70 KB (7,704 words) - 05:43, 8 May 2024
  • The Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness...
    16 KB (1,532 words) - 18:55, 11 October 2023
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    The Barranquilla Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla) is one of Colombia's most important folkloric celebrations, and one of the biggest carnivals...
    33 KB (4,271 words) - 07:54, 23 May 2024
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    Bunraku (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    (人形浄瑠璃)) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century, which is still performed in the modern day....
    24 KB (2,869 words) - 05:07, 1 May 2024
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    The Carnival of Binche (French: Carnaval de Binche) is an annual festival held in Binche, Hainaut, Belgium, during the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday preceding...
    8 KB (707 words) - 21:31, 2 April 2024
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    Sirat Bani Hilal (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    al-Hilāliyya, lit. 'Chronicle of the al-Hilalis'), also known as the Sirat Bani Hilal (سيرة بني هلال Sīra Banī Hilāl) or the al-Hilali epic, is an Arabic...
    11 KB (1,364 words) - 14:13, 9 May 2024
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    Yunjin (category Textile arts of China)
    silk brocade made in Nanjing since the end of the Song dynasty, and based on weft-weaving techniques from both the Song and Tang dynasties. It is shuttle-woven...
    4 KB (448 words) - 01:47, 11 April 2024
  • slavery on the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in the island's mountainous interior, primarily in the eastern parishes...
    45 KB (5,580 words) - 22:52, 22 May 2024
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    Chhau dance (category Dances of India)
    after the location where they are performed, i.e. the Purulia Chhau of West Bengal, the Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand and the Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha...
    18 KB (1,772 words) - 20:16, 6 February 2024
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    Sand drawing (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Another form of art which implies drawing in the sand is sandpainting, but...
    11 KB (1,253 words) - 04:18, 27 April 2024
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    Menora (dance) (category Instances of Lang-th using second unnamed parameter)
    originated from the southern regions of Thailand. Having similar plots adopted from Jataka tales of Manohara, this kind of performance is related to the Lakhon...
    6 KB (488 words) - 20:52, 8 March 2024
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    Morin khuur (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    of the most important musical instruments of the Mongol people, and is considered a symbol of the nation of Mongolia. The morin khuur is one of the Masterpieces...
    19 KB (2,598 words) - 15:52, 9 March 2024
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    Bokator (category Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity)
    instead of Khmer script. Bokator (Khmer: ល្បុក្កតោ, lbŏkkâtaô [lɓokkatao]) or Kun L'Bokator (គុនល្បុក្កតោ, kun lbŏkkâtaô [kun lɓokkatao], lit. 'the art of pounding...
    53 KB (5,650 words) - 22:45, 19 May 2024
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