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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Bring forth your crafts, customs and traditions: UK to recognise UN cultural heritage list

People in various states of falling as they chase cheese down a hill
The annual cheese-rolling contest on Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire could be one of the English traditions up for recognition. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

Bring out your cheese rolling, your niche crafts, steel drumming or Burns Night suppers for these are part of the UK’s intangible cultural heritage, and could be in line for official United Nations recognition.

Eighteen months after the UK finally signed up to a UN list of recognised cultural traditions from around the world, ministers have launched public callout for ideas about which domestic variants should be submitted to the organisation.

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