the.com/cultural heritage
the stuff a group refuses to let die, on purpose.
means the inherited traditions, artifacts, sites, and practices a community deems worth protecting and passing on.
from formalized by unesco in 1972 after egypt's abu simbel temples were physically relocated to escape flooding from the aswan dam, proving heritage could be worth moving mountains for, literally.
two kindstangible sites and objects, plus intangible rituals and skills
unesco listover 1,200 sites inscribed since 1978
can vanishwar, neglect, or a single fire erase it fast
living categoryunesco protects recipes, festivals, and oral traditions too
for instance
machu picchu — inca citadel, unesco site since 1983, peru
notre dame fire — 2019 blaze nearly destroyed 850-year-old paris cathedral
washoku cuisine — japan's traditional food culture, unesco listed 2013
bamiyan buddhas — afghan statues destroyed by taliban in 2001