Italian cuisine and Swiss yodeling are recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage… Hanji to be nominated next year.

55 New Items Added to This Year’s Representative List… Next Committee to Be Held in Xiamen, China ,
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The 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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, ‘ (Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yena = Italian culinary culture and Swiss yodeling have been recognized as intangible cultural heritages that should be preserved and remembered by humanity. ‘,
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, ‘ According to the National Heritage Administration on the 15th, the 20th UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held recently in New Delhi, India, inscribed a total of 69 items, including 55 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 11 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 3 as Best Safeguarding Practices. ‘,
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, ‘ This brings the total number of inscribed intangible heritage items to 849. ‘,
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, ” This year, Switzerland’s ‘yodeling’, Poland’s ‘basketry tradition’, and Italy’s ‘Italian culinary art showcasing sustainability and biocultural diversity’ were newly added to the representative list. “,
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The 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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, ” Iceland succeeded in inscribing ‘Icelandic swimming pool culture’, while the UAE, Iraq, Jordan, and others jointly inscribed ‘traditional wedding procession, zaffa’. “,
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, ” Japan expanded its existing inscribed items such as ‘Traditional techniques, skills, and knowledge for the preservation and transmission of Japanese wooden architecture’ and ‘Washi, Japanese traditional paper-making’. “,
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, ‘ South Korea plans to challenge for new intangible heritage inscriptions next year. ‘,
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, ‘ Korea is categorized as a country possessing a large number of intangible cultural heritage items, along with China, and undergoes evaluation every two years. ‘,
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, ” The National Heritage Administration has selected ‘The knowledge and techniques and cultural practices concerning the making of Hanji’, which refers to the traditional paper culture crafted with skill and sincerity, as the next inscription candidate. “,
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The process of making Hanji
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, ‘ The next committee will be held in Xiamen, China, from November 30 to December 5 next year. ‘,
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, ‘ Meanwhile, the UNESCO Secretariat expressed gratitude for the trust fund agreement concluded between the Republic of Korea and UNESCO for the protection of intangible heritage during this year’s committee, according to the National Heritage Administration. ‘,
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, ‘ UNESCO operates the Intangible Cultural Heritage system to promote the importance of intangible heritage, which is a source of cultural diversity, and to foster national and international cooperation and support for its protection. ‘,
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, ” Korea has inscribed a total of 23 intangible heritage items on the representative list since ‘Jongmyo Jerye and Jongmyo Jeryeak’, including the most recently inscribed ‘Korean fermented soybean paste culture’ (2024). “,
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