THE Philippines has just achieved a significant cultural milestone with the inscription of its seventh element in the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage list: the Asin Tibuok traditional sea-salt ...

Deepavali, India’s festival of lights, was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscription was adopted in the presence of ...

New Delhi, India | 11 December 2025: “Kithul Madeema/Kithul Kapeema, an ancient indigenous technology for tapping Kithul in Sri Lanka” has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of ...

Deepavali, the festival of lights, is now part of the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the step, saying it would add ...

THE BOHOLANO artisanal salt making tradition joins Philippine chants, epics, and weaving onto the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ...

India's Deepavali — the festival of light — was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was taken during a key meeting ...

A living emblem of Ayodhya’s ancient heritage has returned to prominence with the installation of the Kovidar tree symbol on the saffron dharm dhwaj atop the Ram Mandir. The iconic tree, botanically ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended six items from Japan be added under three categories already inscribed in the U.N. body's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, such as ...

A fragment of a cuneiform seal that’s now the first direct evidence of official communication between the kingdoms of Judah and Assyria has emerged at an archaeological site in Israel. According to ...

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," according to an excavation expert. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a ...

I send my best wishes to the Jewish community before the start of their solemn observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Hebrew calendar. Every year, the Jewish faithful spend this Day of ...