Brazil’s samba, Turkey’s whirling dervishes, Japan’s Kabuki on U.N.’s new list of cultural treasures
The U.N. cultural body added dozens of regional traditions Friday to its list of intangible heritage treasures, including Brazil’s samba, Turkey’s whirling dervishes and a “cultural space” in a 17th-century walled Colombian village.
UNESCO head Koichiro Matsuura, who announced the list of 43 traditions, said he was glad it included developing countries from Africa and elsewhere. Cultural traditions are chosen based upon their risk of disappearing, as well as their cultural value and importance to their communities.
“Despite the vitality and the strength of these cultural expressions,” he said at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters, “they are many that need urgent and immediate safeguarding.”
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