{"id":264432,"date":"2019-12-13T18:53:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T21:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=264432"},"modified":"2019-12-13T19:19:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T22:19:44","slug":"four-new-unesco-cultural-heritage-expressions-are-arab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/four-new-unesco-cultural-heritage-expressions-are-arab\/","title":{"rendered":"Four new UNESCO Cultural Heritage expressions are Arab"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The new Intangible Cultural Heritage list released this Thursday (12) by the United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<\/a> includes four newly added Arab expressions.<\/p>\n

The 14th<\/sup> Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is underway in Bogota, Colombia since last Monday (9) to discuss new entries. The meeting is set to end on Saturday (14).<\/p>\n

Intangible Cultural Heritage items are expressions of life and tradition passed on by ancestors to descendant communities, groups and individuals around the world.<\/p>\n

Morocco\u2019s Gnawa culture (pictured<\/em>) has made the list. It is a group of musical events, performances, fraternal practices and therapeutic rituals combining the secular and the sacred. Gnawa is a musical genre from the Sufi brotherhood combined with usually religious lyrics invoking ancestors and spirits. Performed by enslaved individuals and groups since the 16th<\/sup> century, Gnawa culture is now considered part of Morocco\u2019s multifaceted culture and identity.<\/p>\n

The practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene Rose in Al-Mrah, Syria are another addition to the list. These are mainly practiced by \u201cfarmers and families in Al-Mrah village, in rural Damascus, who possess expert knowledge of producing essential oils and traditional medicine from the Damask Rose, among other things, as well as the village community and families who organize the yearly Damascene Rose Festival,\u201d according to the UNESCO website.<\/p>\n

The newly released list also includes provision of services and hospitality during the Arba\u2019in visitation. This is \u201ca social practice performed across the central and southern regions of Iraq, from where processions of visitors and pilgrims converge towards the Holy City of Karbala. The tradition \u2013 a social practice with deep roots in the Iraqi and Arab tradition of hospitality \u2013 is an immense display of charity through volunteering and social mobilization and considered to be a defining element of Iraq\u2019s cultural identity.\u201d Arba\u2019in is a pilgrimage to sanctuary of Imam Hussein, in Kerbala, taking place 40 days after the Ashura \u2013 the date on which Shia Muslims rememorate the martyrdom of Hussein Ibn Ali, grandson to prophet Muhammad. \u2018Arba\u2019in\u2019 is Arabic for \u2018forty.\u2019<\/p>\n

Also included are \u201cdate palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices,\u201d present in multiple Arab countries \u2013 Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe date palm has been connected to the regional population of the submitting States for centuries, serving both as the source of numerous associated crafts, professions and social and cultural traditions, customs and practices, and as a key form of nutrition. The date palm is an evergreen plant typically associated with dry climates, where the roots of the plant penetrate deeply into the earth in search of humidity. Bearers and practitioners include date palm farm owners, farmers who plant, nurture and irrigate the date palm offshoots, craftspeople who produce traditional products using various parts of the palm tree, date traders, creative individuals and performers of associated folkloric tales and poems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil\u2019s Bumba Meu Boi<\/a> tradition has also made the list, amid 42 new additions. Check out the full list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jalal Morchidi\/Anadolu Agency\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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