VIENTIANE: Unesco has presented Laos’ Ministry of Information,​ Culture and​ Tourism with a certificate designating the traditional naga weaving motif as a form of intangible cultural world heritage, after the UN agency officially inscribed the popular textile pattern on its World Heritage list last year. Minister of Information,​ Culture and​ Tourism,​ Suanesavanh​ Vignaket​, and her officials travelled to Paris, France, where they received the certificate at the Unesco World Heritage Centre on Feb 28. The naga weaving motif was approved as a form of intangible cultural world heritage at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Botswana last December. In addition, Laos would be the first country in South-East Asia to have a transboundary world heritage site together with a neighbouring country. In December 2017, Unesco also inscribed the khaen music of the Lao people as a form of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Source: The Star March 05, 2024 17:30 UTC