UNESCO gives a shout-out to Switzerland's yodeling by adding it to list of cultural heritage

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Switzerland's long-celebrated yodeling has received a response from the U.N. cultural agency: The Alpine tradition of chant and song is indeed worthy of classification in a list of the world's cultural heritage.

A committee of Paris-based UNESCO, meeting in New Delhi, on Thursday listed yodeling in its list of intangible cultural heritage.