Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After years of lobbying from the Italian government, a UN agency has now declared the country's cooking culture, as a whole, is a ...

Central Asian cultural traditions have received international recognition as the ancient bowed instrument Kobyz and the traditional nomadic Yurt shared across Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ...

The Representatives’ Dec. 11 letter is one of many submitted in advance of STB’s evaluation of the yet-to-be-filed application for a merger combining UP and NS under common ownership and forming a U.S ...

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is the living part of a place's culture. Unlike old buildings or artefacts, ICH includes traditions passed down through generations. These are things you cannot ...

China's nomination of "Hezhen Yimakan" passed the evaluation and was transferred from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the ...

Loved the world over for its pizzas and pasta, Italian cuisine has been given world heritage status by the UN's cultural agency. After a panel vote in New Delhi on Wednesday, UNESCO recognised Italy's ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recognised Italy's national cuisine on Wednesday as an "intangible cultural heritage", a formal accolade for a cookery tradition passed down ...

New Delhi: Unesco on Wednesday accorded Diwali, also known as “Deepavali”, an inscription on its representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Unesco granted the recognition to ...

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 ...

India's festival of lights, Diwali, was on Wednesday announced as an addition to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, sparking celebrations. The United Nations cultural agency, meeting in the ...

This is the first time a country's entire cuisine has earned the designation. Italy is raising a glass and saying "salute" after becoming the first country in history to have an entire cuisine added ...

Diwali, one of Hinduism's most important festivals, became the 16th Indian tradition added to UNESCO's cultural heritage list. Italian cuisine was also recognized this year. The UN's educational, ...