"UNESCO Recognizes Flamenco and French Cuisine as Heritage
...The blade-twirling, scissor dancing ritual in the Chanka region of Peru, which rooted back to the sixteenth century, is also included in the list, as well as the Turkey’s 648-year-old Kirkpinar festival, wherein dozens of men are fighting in cooking oil.
On the other hand, UNESCO includes on the list some practices that are in need of urgent preservation such as Croatian Ojkanje chanting Meshrep and the China’s Turkish-speaking Muslim Uighur people and two other Chinese cultural practices. Royal Ballet of Cambodia and Mexico’s Day of the Dead Festival were also drawn to be included in the list..."
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