[Iran] - Iran elected chair of UNESCO's committee for securing intangible cultural heritage

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
the 5th Ordinary Governing Council Meeting of the Regional Research Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central
Asia.Tangible heritage is born from the intangible heritage of nations and has revealed the secrets of human-oriented coexistence throughout
heritage has been popularized in international literature over the last two decades, in West Asia and consequently in Islamic Iran, this
heritage.So far, a variety of Iranian elements, from traditional skills in building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf to
Radif Iranian music and from pilgrimages to St
Thaddeus Monastery to the art of the miniature, have a place in UNESCO World Heritage Sites Found List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Humanity to protect the nation's cultural achievements.According to the United Nations body on culture, intangible cultural heritage
refers to traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as B
oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, celebratory events, knowledge and practices related to nature and the universe,
or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional handicrafts.The Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,
adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on October 17, 2003, applies at both national and international levels.AFM