55 New Additions to the UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

UNESCO is a special organization that works to maintain peace around the world. It has added 55 exciting new practices to its Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list. UNESCO started this list to provide better protection to different cultures around the world. 

Six out of the 55 new additions were added to the list because they needed urgent protection. Some of these were Syrian glassblowing, olive cultivation in Turkey and the wedding dish of Xeedho in Djibouti. Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan came together to nominate Iftar for the list. Iftar is the traditional meal that Muslim people eat to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. 

Other cultural practices such as Italian Opera Singing and Bangladesh’s Rickshaw painting,  became a part of this respected list. With these new additions, UNESCO’s living heritage list now includes 730 cultural practices from 145 countries.