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NEWS ABOUT: UNESCO

UNESCO stories: 5 news summaries

UN's Dance Dance Resolution: Protect the Tango

Cultural tradition placed on protected list, as with physical heritage sites

Sep 30, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tango is a cultural treasure worthy of the same kinds of protection as the Great Wall of China or the California redwoods, the United Nations declared today. The dance, submitted for such recognition by Uruguay and Argentina, “embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue,” the UN Educational,... More »

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entertainment • United Nations • Argentina • dance • Uruguay • UNESCO • tango • cultural heritage

Half the World's Languages Will Vanish by 2100

More than 2400 tongues at risk of extinction, as last speakers die out

Mar 16, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Globalization has many benefits, but the preservation of the world's languages is decidedly not among them. Ever since the invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago, smaller tribes have assimilated into bigger ones and seen their native tongues lost, and the process has been speeding up, reports the Washington Post.... More »

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globalization • culture • extinction • UNESCO • language


 China to Lop Off Tall Buildings 
 in Hangzhou 

Hangzhou aims to become World Heritage site

Dec 13, 08 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Hoping to turn the city into a World Heritage site, China is lopping top floors off tall buildings in Hangzhou, the BBC reports. Two hotels, a TV tower, and other buildings will get the shrinking treatment in a $5.8 million effort; the city’s government has said that all... More »

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China • architecture • tourism • history • UNESCO • building • city • skyline

GLOSSIES

 Sacred History
 Resonates in
 Kathmandu

Traditional building practices coexist with global trade in Nepal's capital

Aug 17, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Decades of restoration have kept up the medieval splendor of a region long hidden from the world: Kathmandu Valley. Started by Germany in the 1960s and later spearheaded by a Harvard professor, the repairs have maintained many of the area's stupas and pagodas, Lucinda Lambton writes for Vanity Fair—... More »

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architecture • UNESCO • Nepal • restoration • Kathmandu • preservation • tradition

UN Eyes Congo After Gorilla Murders

Quadruple homicide, with 2 others missing, affects rare species

Jul 28, 07 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four mountain gorillas were shot to death in a nature preserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and UNESCO is flying in to help with the unsolved crime, CNN reports. The massacre of an alpha male and three females follows the recent killing of three other mountain gorillas—only 700... More »

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murder • death • Democratic Republic of Congo • gorilla • UNESCO • animal

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