Inscription of "Art of Crafting and Playing Rubab/Rabab" on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
During the 19th session of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (19.COM) in Asunción, Paraguay, on December 2024 "Art of Crafting and Playing Rubab/Rabab" was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The "Art of Crafting and Playing Rubab/Rabab" file, which was prepared by Mana Naqsh Heritage Institute, has been submitted to UNESCO by Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan for world in
"Art of Crafting and Playing Rubab/Rabab" which was jointly submitted by the states parties of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to UNESCO, was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 19th session of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (19.COM) in Asunción, Paraguay, which was held from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 December 2024. The file was prepared by Mana Naqsh Heritage Institute for Art & Culture.
In this annual session, with the approval of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, sixty-one elements were inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Out of these sixty-one inscribed elements, two files of "Art of Crafting and Playing Rubab/Rabab" and "Ceremony of Mehregan" were jointly submitted by Iran and the countries of the same region.
The file "Art of Crafting and Playing Rubab/Rabab" with the attached documentation including video, photos, and consent letters of the file is available here on the UNESCO website.
