Intangible Heritage Committee meeting in Ethiopia to focus on traditional songs, rituals, celebrations and know-how (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The representatives of 24 States Parties to UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage who form the Committee will examine five nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and 37 requests for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The committee will also examine issues concerning intangible heritage in emergency situations caused by conflict or natural disaster. It will envisage safeguarding measures that can be applied in such cases and consider the role intangible...