UNESCO added the Uygur Muqam of Xinjiang to its list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005. About 60 senior Muqam artists in Xinjiang contributed to the application, ...
URUMQI, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- In a small courtyard dappled with light under a grape arbor, 65-year-old Nurdun Esmayil was making handmade folk musical instruments with his family and apprentices.
Many traditional Japanese group folk dances that have long brought communities together will be added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, government officials said. The Cultural ...
The clip showed Engonga, a husband and father of six, dancing energetically at an event, drawing reactions from users on TikTok. Baltasar Engonga's throwback dance video trends Photo credit: ...
Best known for portraying the character Smiles A Lot in the 1990 movie “Dances with Wolves,” Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, which is home to the Sicangu ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief at the death of famous folk singer Sharda Sinha, and said her demise is an irreparable loss to the music world. In a post on X, he noted that ...
Folk legend Sharda Sinha, known for her repertoire of songs in Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Sanskrit and Hindi, passed away at AIIMS Delhi on Tuesday. Sinha, who had been suffering from multiple ...
Popular folk singer Sharda Sinha, who was undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Delhi, died on Tuesday night. She was 72. "Sharda Sinha expired at 9.20 pm due to ...