The public broadcaster of Japan, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), and UNESCO cooperate since 2003 to develop an on-line database of high-definition images on cultural heritage.
After an initial series of shooting of world heritage sites, this database now also features intangible cultural heritage. The videos, initially produced in Japanese, are adapted by UNESCO in English and French for an on-line access.
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Carnival of Binche
Belgium
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife
Brazil
Inscribed in 2012 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari
Bulgaria
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Royal ballet of Cambodia
Cambodia
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Chinese paper-cut
China
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade
China
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Grand song of the Dong ethnic group
China
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje
Croatia
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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La Tumba Francesa
Cuba
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella
Dominican Republic
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Kihnu cultural space
Estonia
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica
France
Inscribed in 2009 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding (see the file)
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Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs
Italy
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Maroon heritage of Moore Town
Jamaica
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum
Jordan
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Ritual ceremony of the Voladores
Mexico
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm
Mexico
Inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square
Morocco
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Human towers
Spain
Inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Mystery play of Elche
Spain
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero
Spain
Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Vanuatu sand drawings
Vanuatu
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)
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Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music
Viet Nam
Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (see the file)