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These Revered Arab Items & Traditions Are Now Part of The UNESCO Cultural Heritage List

Arab culture is rich in heritage, culture, food, music, tradition, art, architecture and so much more. Steeped in tradition and history, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that it has had an influence over other cultures all over the world–most notably things such as food, calligraphy and more.

With that being said, UNESCO is recognizing that elements of Arab culture must be preserved and earlier this month, UNESCO, the United Nations’ dedicated body to promoting world peace through education, science, and culture, added 10 skills, recipes, and events, conceived in the GCC, to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. From here on now, the things on this list will be persevered, protected, and forever upheld to avoid them being phased out and never noted in history.

Here are all the regional items, traditions and events that made it on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list…

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Alheda’a—Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE

With its roots heavy in poetry, Alheda’a is a form of communication used by herders by mixing gestures and/or musical instruments to communicate with camels. UNESCO has recognized that this age-old practice is used to “train their camels to recognize the difference between right and left, to open their mouths when asked, and to kneel down to be ridden,” while also creating “a strong bond between the camels and their herders, as well as among the herders themselves.” This form of communication has been passed down over the course of many generations.

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