BARBARA KLEIN: Ojkanje singing is one of four additions on a special List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The goal of this list is to identify threatened cultural traditions so that nations can work with UNESCO to protect them. The three other traditions added to the urgent safeguarding list are in China. They are the Meshrep tradition of the Uighur people; the method of building traditional Chinese boats called junks, and a kind of printing using wooden forms.
STEVE EMBER: Some people criticize UNESCO’s list of intangible heritage. They say the rules are so inclusive that any tradition can qualify. Others note that nations and groups apply for recognition of traditions in an effort to increase attention to their local industries, such as agriculture or travel.
One reporter questioned why Flamenco music is on the list since it is extremely popular and economically successful. He questioned whether a relatively new and extremely popular tradition should be on the same list as traditions that are ancient and disappearing.
BARBARA KLEIN: Cecile Duvelle is the chief of UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage program. She says globalization is threatening many cultural traditions. Here she talks about the Urgent Safeguarding List.
CECILE DUVELLE: “The most important list is of course the Urgent Safeguarding List. These states are inscribing by themselves, are proposing by themselves, elements they feel deem the attention of the international community. They foresee safeguarding plans, but they very often need the mobilization including by funding of the international community.”
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