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MEHER AMALSAD, WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA, USA

COURTESY: JEHANGIR BISNEY, INDIA

UNESCO honour for two Indian festivals

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has added Navruz, the Parsi new year, and Ramman, a religious festival and ritual theatre of Uttarakhand to its illustrious list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
 
Sources said UNESCO picked the two from a list of 20 items submitted by the government.
 
The list now has 180 representations from across the world. Three other recognised events from India are: Ramlila, the traditional performance associated with Dussehra, Koodtiyattam from Kerala and the traditional Vedic chanting.