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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

UK traditions such as panto and carols could join Unesco cultural heritage list

Christmas carol singers
Christmas carol singers perform in the village of East Dean, East Sussex, in 2021. Photograph: Jon Santa Cruz/Rex/Shutterstock

Traditions including pantomime, carol singing and steel pan drumming could be recognised in a register of cultural heritage in the UK.

Under the proposals, festivals and celebrations including Hogmanay, Burns Night, Shrove Tuesday and the Welsh tradition of holding eisteddfodau, where all cultural activities including singing and spoken word are conducted in the Welsh language, could be understood as cultural heritage.

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