{"id":19382,"date":"2017-12-08T05:59:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T05:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/?p=19382"},"modified":"2017-12-08T06:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T06:01:05","slug":"kumbh-mela-intangible-cultural-heritage-by-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/kumbh-mela-intangible-cultural-heritage-by-unesco\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Ancient Kumbh Mela Recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kumbah-Mela-Largest-Human-Gathering-on-Earth.jpg\" alt=\"Kumbah Mela - Largest Human Gathering on Earth\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kumbah-Mela-Largest-Human-Gathering-on-Earth.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kumbah-Mela-Largest-Human-Gathering-on-Earth-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Mar11\">Photo Credit: Daniel Berehulak<\/p>\n<p>The age-old religious fair of Kumbh in India has been enlisted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. This India\u2019s most popular fair was inscribed on the Representative List by Intergovernment Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage under UNESCO at its 12th edition at Jeju South Korea. In 2003, the UNESCO General Conference initiated the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage as India\u2019s Ancient Kumbh Mela Recognised Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>The list already includes 350+ traditions, art forms and practices like Spain\u2019s flamenco dance, Indonesian batik fabrics, Turkish oil wrestling festival and the Mongolian coaxing ritual for camels. Kumbh Mela is the third intangible cultural heritage from India after Yoga and Nouroz that secured their places last year in 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/kumbh-mela-destinations-and-their-attractions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kumbh Mela, which is held every 12 years in four different destinations in India<\/a>, namely, Allahabad, Ujjain, Nashik, and Haridwar, is also recognized the largest pilgrim congregation in the world. This year along with the pizza-making art of Naples, Italy, this ancient fair succeeded in securing a position in UNESCO list.<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"F16\">You may also like to read<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/india-shines-at-2017-unesco-asia-pacific-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">7 Projects of India that made into UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/unesco-world-heritage-sites-rajasthan\/\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Visit in Rajasthan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/unesco-world-heritage-national-parks-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Explore World Heritage National Parks in India<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Daniel Berehulak The age-old religious fair of Kumbh in India has been enlisted in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. This India\u2019s most popular fair was inscribed on the Representative List by Intergovernment Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage under UNESCO at its 12th edition at Jeju South Korea. In 2003, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourmyindia.com\/blog\/kumbh-mela-intangible-cultural-heritage-by-unesco\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;India\u2019s Ancient Kumbh Mela Recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazing-facts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>India&#039;s Kumbh Mela Recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"India&#039;s ancient Kumbh Mela is recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. 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