In 2009, in recognition of the dance as an art form from the Río de la Plata region of Argentina and Uruguay that is fundamental to its identity, UNESCO declared the tango an Intangible Cultural ...

The members of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee of Intangible Heritage on Wednesday granted the tango dance and its music protected cultural status. Carmakers and car dealers may not have much ...

The Argentinian and Uruguayan tradition of the Tango, now familiar around the world, was developed by the urban lower classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Rio de la Plata basin. Among this ...

In 2009, UNESCO gave tango, whose Rio Platense birthplace includes Argentina and Uruguay, status as part of the world’s “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.” No surprise to Argentines ...

Simply, we had a festival because there was demand for it.” The ads for the festival highlighted that it was in Abu Dhabi in 2009 that Unesco declared tango a cultural heritage to humanity.

Finland’s sauna culture has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The sauna tradition is in good company on the list with, for example, Indian ...

Traditions already recognised across the world include the Argentinian tango and Belgium beer culture ... Fountain's Abbey and Giant's Causeway already have Unesco world heritage protection.

Traditions such as Mongolian folk-dancing, the tango from Argentina and Croatian lace-making now rank alongside the Great Barrier Reef and the Acropolis in Athens on Unesco's lists. Unesco experts ...

Traditions such as Mongolian folk-dancing, the tango from Argentina and Croatian lace-making now rank alongside the Great Barrier Reef and the Acropolis in Athens on Unesco's lists. Unesco experts ...