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New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia opens 11th session of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee in Addis Ababa
28 November 2016 Ethiopia,The President of Ethiopia, Mulatu Teshome, on Sunday opened the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ›››
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