The World Heritage List Prepared by Brazil includes Capoeira, Yurts and Saunas

UNESCO has listed the Intangible World Heritage sites and this includes Brazil's Afro-style Capoeira fight and dance, Estonia's medieval tradition of smoke saunas and the nomadic yurts of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Some 40 proposals were being considered this week by the Paris-based UN cultural agency as meriting a place on the list of "intangible cultural heritage", from the Arirang folk songs of Korea to Armenia's traditional Lavash bread. Japan's ...

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